Utah Hospitals and Health Systems Association


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

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

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.

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.

Larger version with more room for expanded medications list.


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.

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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(801) 486-9915