Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

MEDICAL ERRORS IN CHILDREN

Jan 27, 2003

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a patient fact sheet entitled
"20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children". The sheet is
intended to inform parents to help their children avoid medical errors.

The fact sheet is broken into categories such as medicines, hospitals
stays, and surgery which include a variety of tips concerning different
aspects of a child's medical care. These tips prompt parents to ask
more questions and to become more involved in the diagnosis of their
children.

The fact sheet is available at
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tipkid.pdf

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality www.ahrq.gov
January 21, 2003