Watch your Meds.

Medication errors are rising-but these simple steps can help keep you safe
 BY BETH HOWARD

 Hospital Admission Errors:

 PREVENTION: Prepare a detailed list of prescription drugs-including doses, as well as any over-the-counter medications and herbal supplements you regularly take-and keep it with you at all times. ''You never leave home. without your driver's license and insurance card," Gleason says. ''Your medication list is just as important."
(You can keep track of all your prescription and over-the-counter medications with the AARP Health Record at aarp.org/healthrecord.)