Look‐alikes, sound‐alikes: Three cases of insidious medication errors

Physicians should be aware of look‐alike/sound‐alike (LASA) drug names. Clearly legible drug prescriptions, preferably via electronic drug prescription systems, and the use of Tall Man lettering may help to prevent LASA medication errors.

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Autores principales: Heck, Johannes, Groh, Adrian, Stichtenoth, Dirk O., Bleich, Stefan, Krause, Olaf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3409
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spelling pubmed-77524312020-12-23 Look‐alikes, sound‐alikes: Three cases of insidious medication errors Heck, Johannes Groh, Adrian Stichtenoth, Dirk O. Bleich, Stefan Krause, Olaf Clin Case Rep Case Reports Physicians should be aware of look‐alike/sound‐alike (LASA) drug names. Clearly legible drug prescriptions, preferably via electronic drug prescription systems, and the use of Tall Man lettering may help to prevent LASA medication errors. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7752431/ /pubmed/33363919 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3409 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://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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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3409
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