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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2010. The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12975.
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Appendix A
Acronyms

AAP American Academy of Pediatrics

AARP a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people 50 and older aimed at promoting well-being

ADE adverse drug event

AHIP America’s Health Insurance Plans

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

APAP acetaminophen

ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

ASHP American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

BID medication label direction to use twice a day

CADES Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance Project

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDER Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, a center of the Food and Drug Administration

CEO chief executive officer

CHPA Consumer Healthcare Products Association

CMI consumer medicine information

CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

ED emergency department

EHR electronic health record

EMR electronic medical record

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2010. The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12975.
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ER emergency room

FDA Food and Drug Administration

GAO General Accounting Office

GI gastrointestinal

IOM Institute of Medicine

NCL National Consumers League

NCPA National Community Pharmacists Association

NCPIE National Council on Patient Information and Education

NEISS National Electronic Injury Surveillance System

NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse

NLM National Library of Medicine

OTC over-the-counter

PIL patient information leaflet

PM post meridiem or after noon

PPI patient package insert

PRN medication label direction to use as needed

PROTECT Preventing Overdoses & Treatment Errors in Children Taskforce

QID medication label direction to use four times a day

REMS Risk evaluation and mitigation strategies

SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

SIG prescription medication label prescribing directions

USP U.S. Pharmacopeia

USP-NF U.S. Pharmacopeia-National Formulary

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2010. The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12975.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2010. The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12975.
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Every year at least 1.5 million people suffer adverse effects from medication. These problems occur because people misunderstand labels, are unaware of drug interactions, or otherwise use medication improperly. The Food and Drug Administration's Safe Use Initiative seeks to identify preventable medication risks and develop solutions to them. The IOM held a workshop to discuss the FDA's Safe Use Initiative and other efforts to improve drug labeling and safety.

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