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She just showed this four minute safety awareness video, produced by Quantros. Much of its content will be familiar to our readers here (the frequency of medical errors and hospital acquired infections), but I&#8217;m posting it here because of its good, concrete, specific actions every patient should know. That part starts around 2:30. (My highlights below.)<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BFd54Yzg-vo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Empowering &#8220;teachables&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your participation counts<\/li>\n<li>Learn more &#8211; get educated<\/li>\n<li>Empower yourself\n<ul>\n<li>Do your research before going to the hospital or when  visiting your doctor<\/li>\n<li>Understand every procedure<\/li>\n<li>Know everything about your prescribed  medications<\/li>\n<li>Ask lots of questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s your life &#8211; get involved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to give someone a very quick introduction to being a more cautious patient, try this quick video.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, MITSS does magnificent work, helping not just families but clinicians who are involved in medical errors. 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