AHRQ Patient Safety Network: FDA Pharmacists Help Consumers Use Medicines Safely.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network



FDA Pharmacists Help Consumers Use Medicines Safely.

Silver Spring, MD: United States Food and Drug Administration; October 31, 2014.

Studies have shown that pharmacist involvement can prevent medication errors. To help patients take their medications safely, this consumer update discusses pharmacists as participants in a government drug information center and reveals the top five questions submitted along with their corresponding answers.

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