Links to MSDSs, poison control centers, WebWISER, household products and other hazardous materials and Websites.
Prioritization of substances based on a combination of their frequency, toxicity, and potential for human exposure at National Priorities List (NPL) sites.
Format: Website
Provider: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Clinical alerts are provided to expedite the release of findings from clinical trials funded by the National Institutes of Health, where such release could significantly affect morbidity and mortality. The National Library of Medicine began offering clinical alert notices online in January 1991.
Format: Website
Provider: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
First Do No Harm: A Practical Guide to Medication Safety and JCAHO Compliance
Profiles organizations that are putting landmark thinking into patient safety. Includes a section on reporting programs for adverse drug events from MedWatch.
Format: Book
WB330 F51
Provider: Opus Communications
Provides consumer health tips for allergy sufferers. Answers common questions about allergy issues and gives product alerts. Has a section titled "Daily Tips" which gives brief information on an allergy topic.
Format: Website
Provider: Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Food and Drug Interactions: A Guide for Consumers
A summary of food and drug interactions that have appeared in articles and references from medical and health literature.
Format: Book
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HazMap is an occupational medicine toxicology database for physicians, PAs, occupational health nurses, and industrial hygienists to assist with recognition of occupational illnesses caused by hazardous chemicals in the workplace. Also available at http://www.haz-map.com/.
Format: Website
Provider: National Library of Medicine
A nonprofit organization educating the healthcare community about safe medication practices. The institute tracks published medical dosage errors. The link, "Textbook Errata," lists corrections when a medication dosing error or other serious error has been identified in a published article or textbook. This site also links to medication safety alerts which are listed by date since 1996
Format: Website
Provider: Institute for Safe Medication Practices
A Manual of Adverse Drug Interactions
Presents the major interactions that are likely to be encountered in practical therapeutics.
Format: Book
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Provider: Griffin, J.P.
List of resources on where to find material safety data sheets on the Internet. Includes general sites, government sources, chemical manfacturers and suppliers, pesticides and others.
Format: Website
Medication Errors
Publication of the American Pharmaceutical Association dealing with the prevention & control of medication errors.
Format: Book
QZ42 M46
Provider: American Pharmaceutical Association
Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs
A general reference work on the adverse reactions to (and interactions of) drugs. Meyler's can be used independently or with it's companion: Side Effects of Drugs Annual. Side Effects ... provides a critical survey of the latest developments in the field with extensive references.
Format: Book
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Provider: Excerpta Medica Foundation
Clinical alerts are provided to expedite the release of findings from clinical trials funded by the NIH (National Institutes of Health), where such release could significantly affect morbidity and mortality.
Format: Website
Provider: National Library of Medicine
Occupational Exposure Limits Worldwide
Data on the occupational exposure limits of air contaminants on a global scale.
Format: Book
LSC WA465 C77o
Inappropriate medication use in older adults. Please cite: Fick DM, Cooper JW, Wade WE, Waller JL, Maclean JR, Beers MH. Updating the Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: results of a US consensus panel of experts. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:2716-2724.
Format: Website
Provider: Duke Clinical Research Institute
Side Effects of Drugs Annual
A yearly worldwide survey of new data and trends in adverse drug reactions and interactions. Complements Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs.
Format: Book
Reference QV38 Si13e
Provider: Excerpta Medica
WISER is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice.
Format: Database
Provider: National Library of Medicine
