Pharmacist Resources

American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
3101 Broadway, Suite 650
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Phone: (816) 531-2177
Web site: www.accp.com
ACCP is a professional association of practitioners, scientists, educators, administrators, students, residents, fellows and others providing education, advocacy and resources for its members. Services include an online bookstore, meetings and the journal, Pharmacotherapy.

American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
2215 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037-2985
Phone: (202) 628-4410
E-mail: No general e-mail address, but the site provides many addresses, depending on specific needs
Web site: www.aphanet.org
Patient safety site: www.pharmacyandyou.org
APhA is the professional association of U.S. pharmacists, providing information, education and advocacy to help its members improve medication use and advance patient care. In addition to educational activities, APhA engages in government relations and community activities, provides a career center and special-interest groups.

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
7272 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Phone: (301) 657-3000
Web site: www.ashp.com
Medication safety site: www.safemedication.com
ASHP is the professional association representing pharmacists who practice in hospitals, health maintenance organizations, long-term care facilities, home care and other components of healthcare systems. ASHP has extensive publishing and educational programs to help members improve their professional practice and is the national accrediting organization for pharmacy residency and pharmacy-technician training programs. Medication safety is a primary focus of ASHP’s efforts.

DrugIntel
PMB 311, 303 W. Lancaster Avenue
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Phone: (610) 971-0611
Web site: www.drugINTEL.com
The publicly accessible section of the DrugIntel Web site focuses on resources for people purchasing and using prescription medications and includes ways to address side effects and adverse reactions, including errors.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
1800 Byberry Road, Suite 810
Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania 19006
Phone: (215) 947-7797
Web site: www.ismp.org
ISMP is a non-profit agency of pharmacists, nurses and physicians with the mission of learning about medication errors, understanding their system-based causes and disseminating recommendations on error prevention. It is not a regulatory, licensing, inspecting or accrediting agency. Products and services include: professional and patient newsletters; educational programs on medication safety; posters, videos, patient brochures, books and other drug safety tools; on-site risk assessments of medication safety in healthcare facilities.

National Coordinating Center for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP)
One Renaissance Blvd.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Phone: (301) 827-3246
E-mail: No general e-mail address, but the site provides contact information for the group’s officers
Web site: www.nccmerp.org
NCCMERP, a coalition of 20 national organizations, offers general information on medication error, as well as a detailed classification of medication errors. The Web site also offers a variety of formal recommendations and information on how to report medication errors.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20857-0001
Phone: 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332)
E-mail: E-mail the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research directly from the site
Web site: www.fda.gov
Patient safety site: www.fda.gov/cder/drug/MedErrors/ (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research)
Patient education: http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/DPAdefault.htm
The patient safety site includes medication error reports, a list of specific drugs associated with errors, directions for reporting a medication error and federal guidelines. Downloadable resources related to medication safety are available on the patient education page. For information on individual drugs, visit the Consumer Drug Information page.

United States Pharmacopeia Convention (USP)
12601 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, Maryland 20852-1790
Phone: 800-227-8772
E-mail: No general e-mail address, but the site provides many addresses, depending on specific needs
Web site: www.usp.org
USP is the official public standards–setting authority for all prescription and OTC medicines, dietary supplements and other healthcare products manufactured and sold in the United States. USP disseminates its standards to pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmacists and other users through its publication, United States Pharmacopeia–National Formulary (USP–NF), other publications, official USP Reference Standards materials and educational courses. In addition, the Medication Errors Reporting Program allows healthcare professionals to directly report medication errors to USP, while MEDMARX®, an Internet-based medication error and adverse drug reaction reporting program, is designed for use in hospitals and health systems.