Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name—Short case series

Confusion of drug names has been identified as a leading cause of medication errors and potential iatrogenic harm. Most of these errors occur because of look‐alike or sound‐alike drugs. This case series gives examples of duplication errors due to brand confusion, where there are no similarities in t...

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Autores principales: Mamunuwa, N., Jayamanne, S., Wijekoon, N., Coombes, J., Perera, D., Shanika, T., Mohamed, F., Lynch, C., De Silva, A., Dawson, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10502196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37720712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7795
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author Mamunuwa, N.
Jayamanne, S.
Wijekoon, N.
Coombes, J.
Perera, D.
Shanika, T.
Mohamed, F.
Lynch, C.
De Silva, A.
Dawson, A.
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Jayamanne, S.
Wijekoon, N.
Coombes, J.
Perera, D.
Shanika, T.
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Dawson, A.
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description Confusion of drug names has been identified as a leading cause of medication errors and potential iatrogenic harm. Most of these errors occur because of look‐alike or sound‐alike drugs. This case series gives examples of duplication errors due to brand confusion, where there are no similarities in the names.
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spelling pubmed-105021962023-09-16 Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name—Short case series Mamunuwa, N. Jayamanne, S. Wijekoon, N. Coombes, J. Perera, D. Shanika, T. Mohamed, F. Lynch, C. De Silva, A. Dawson, A. Clin Case Rep Case Series Confusion of drug names has been identified as a leading cause of medication errors and potential iatrogenic harm. Most of these errors occur because of look‐alike or sound‐alike drugs. This case series gives examples of duplication errors due to brand confusion, where there are no similarities in the names. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10502196/ /pubmed/37720712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7795 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Jayamanne, S.
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Coombes, J.
Perera, D.
Shanika, T.
Mohamed, F.
Lynch, C.
De Silva, A.
Dawson, A.
Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name—Short case series
title Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name—Short case series
title_full Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name—Short case series
title_fullStr Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name—Short case series
title_full_unstemmed Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name—Short case series
title_short Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name—Short case series
title_sort duplication errors due to brand name confusion; it is not always the name—short case series
topic Case Series
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10502196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37720712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7795
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