Patient Safety in Medication Nomenclature: Orthographic and Semantic Properties of International Nonproprietary Names

BACKGROUND: Confusion between look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) medication names (such as mercaptamine and mercaptopurine) accounts for up to one in four medication errors, threatening patient safety. Error reduction strategies include computerized physician order entry interventions, and ‘Tall Man’...

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Autores principales: Bryan, Rachel, Aronson, Jeffrey K., ten Hacken, Pius, Williams, Alison, Jordan, Sue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26701761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145431

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26701761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145431

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