Resources

Visit the following trusted websites for resources about health care quality and patient safety.

Adverse Drug Events

• National Institute on Drug Abuse: Medical and Health Professionals
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Opioids — The Prescription Drug and Heroin Overdose Epidemic

Health Care-Associated Infections

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
• CDC: Healthcare-associated Infections
• CDC: Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Guidelines
• CDC: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection Prevention
• CDC: National Healthcare Safety Network
• CDC: Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients
• Clinical Directors Network (CDN): Infection Prevention Training For Ambulatory Surgical Centers
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): Antimicrobial Resistance

Health Care Quality and Patient Safety

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Patient Safety Network
• AHRQ: Patient Safety Organization Program
• AHRQ: Quality and Patient Safety
• CDC: Influenza — Information for Healthcare Professionals
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Partnership for Patients
• CMS: Regulations and Guidance
• ODPHP: Health Literate Care Model

Information for Patients and Families

• AHRQ: Patients and Consumers
• CDC: Clean Hands Count for Patients
• CDC: Preventing Infections in Cancer Patients — Information for Patients and Caregivers
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Information for Consumers
• National Library of Medicine (NLM): Bacterial Infections