"Talk About Your Medicines" Month. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

"Talk About Your Medicines" Month. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Multi-use Website
 
• Published October 2006

"Talk About Your Medicines" Month.

National Council on Patient Information and Education.

This Web site provides information and tools that support an educational campaign to encourage high-quality communication about medication use. The annual observance is in October, and the 2015 theme is "Safe use. Safe storage. Safe disposal."

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