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Patient safety is recognized as an important issue in health care, particularly for our most vulnerable population - children. The conclusions drawn by recent studies on the incidence of medical errors in pediatrics are disturbing and might lead you to wonder what you can do to ensure a safe health care environment for your patients and their families.
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Check out our directory of resources related to pediatric patient safety.

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One of the goals of this site is to direct physicians, health care professionals, and parents to information and tools to prevent medical errors in pediatric health care settings. Please select a topic of interest to view related resources:

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Can’t find what you need? Email us at saferhealthcare@aap.org and tell us about your experience with patient safety or any burning issue you have encountered.

The Safer Health Care for Kids program features a series of one-hour Web-based seminars, or "Webinars," on various topics within pediatric patient safety. You can participate from the comfort of your office or home, and learn new strategies that you can immediately put into practice to prevent medical errors.

Upcoming Live Webinars:

Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn more about preventing medical errors, and earn CME credit from your office or home. There is no fee to participate, but pre-registration is required.

>> Management of Suspected Staphylococcal Infections in Children in the Era of Community MRSA
Thursday, May 15, 2008
12:00-1:00 p.m. ET

>> Run, Don't Walk: Improving Outcomes in Pediatrics Using a Rapid Response Team Wednesday, June 4, 2008
5:00-6:00 p.m. ET Special Time!

>> Automatic Surveillance and Pediatric Trigger Tools Thursday, June 19, 2008
12:00-1:00 p.m. ET

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Webinar Archives

Unable to participate in a live Webinar? No problem. Access either the full archive with audio and slides, or select a Podcast download with audio only. Webinar archives are not approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

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Related Offerings

Check out some other educational offerings related to patient safety.

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Are you looking for an opportunity to share experiences and strategies with other clinicians to improve care? The Safer Health Care for Kids program features an e-mail list dedicated to pediatric program safety issues and information exchange. Sign up for the e-mail list by clicking the link below.

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Welcome, parents and caregivers. We value your role as advocate for your child’s health care safety and have dedicated this spot for you.

The resources featured below will help you understand what you can do to ensure that your child receives safe health care in any setting.

For additional parenting resources not related to Safer Health Care for Kids, please visit the Parenting Corner.

The information contained here should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of your pediatrician. There may be variations in treatment that your pediatrician may recommend based on individual facts and circumstances.

We will bring the experts to you in this new feature dedicated to answering your follow-up questions from our pediatric patient safety webinars. Email your questions or concerns to saferhealthcare@aap.org, and check back to this site for our experts’ guidance.

In this feature, we will bring regular safety tips to you. Check back to this site in a few weeks to receive helpful tips to help you ensure a safe health care environment for your patients and their families.