Medication Safety

The Med Card is a way for you to generate a list of medications to keep with you at all times. This single step is the most important thing you can do to help prevent medication errors.

Resources
Medication Safety Documents

List of Medication Safety Documents for use in your institution. Documents were prepared by the UHA Adverse Drug Events work group.

Using The Med Card

Explains how to use The Med Card and how to prevent problems with your medications.

Med Card Formats The Med Card comes in several formats to make it more convenient for you.
Single Med Card Wallet Med Card that Folds into a convenient size to fit on your wallet.
Three-fold Med Card Wallet

Three printable Med Cards on a single sheet.

The MedCard Full Page

Larger version with more room for expanded medications list.

Daily Med Plan

This document gives you a place to write out your medications and your dosing schedule. You can print it out to use or save it on your computer to fill out.

Med Reconciliation PowerPoint Presentations

Presentation-ready Microsoft PowerPoint documents that outline medication reconciliation and home medication histories. Included in one zipped file are three document versions that reach both public and health care professional audiences.

Microsoft Word formatted versions are available upon request. These can be used to add your personlized corporate logo to the Med Card.

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