Protect Yourself

Our 8-panel health brochures are a concise, powerful tool designed to deliver essential health and well-being information in an engaging and easy-to-digest format. This specialized VA edition Protect Yourself, No Matter Where... Be in Charge of Your Care focuses on patient safety and medical error prevention for Veterans. Perfect for distribution at VAMC inpatient discharge areas, surgical centers, health fairs, or primary care waiting rooms, this guide acts as a practical, quick-reference resource your audience will actually keep and use to advocate for their own safety.

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Topics Include:

• What are Medical Errors?: Essential background information defining medical errors and educating veterans on why active patient involvement is vital to preventing them.
• What Can You Do?: Clear, actionable strategies empowering veterans to speak up, ask questions, and take a proactive leadership role in their clinical care.
• Medicine Tips: Critical guidelines for preventing medication mishaps, covering prescription safety questions, allergy updates, and double-checking instructions.
• Hospital Tips: Practical steps for staying safe during a hospital stay, including identifying clinical staff, ensuring proper hand hygiene, and clarifying daily care plans.
• Surgery Tips: Crucial pre- and post-operative instructions to reduce surgical risks, manage expectations, and confirm procedure details with the surgical team.
• Other Steps You Can Take: Additional diagnostic and lifestyle safety safeguards to ensure comprehensive protection across all care settings.