The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has many valuable resources and tools available to help practitioners in a variety of healthcare settings prevent errors and ensure that medications are used safely. For a full list, visit www.ismp.org/Tools.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has interactive tools to help in your improvement efforts. To download their FMEA tool and Trigger Tool for ADEs, visit www.ihi.org/ihi/workspace/tools/.

The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has tools for pharmacists at www.usp.org/audiences/pharmacist/.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has resources on Medication Errors including their MedWatch reporting program at www.fda.gov/CDER/drug/MedErrors/default.htm.

The Joint Commission has patient safety resources at www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/.

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has resources and tools in their ASHP Resource Center on Patient Safety at www.ashp.org/Import/PRACTICEANDPOLICY/PracticeResourceCenters/PatientSafety.aspx.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) hosts a Health Care Innovations Exchange with innovative strategies and quality-related tools at http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/index.aspx.