Add to ORKGThe words “look-alike” and “sound-alike” are used to express the confusion caused by drugs whose names or features are similar. Look-alike/sound-alike (LASA) drugs are one of the most common causes of medication errors. The emergency department is the first place where mistakes related to LASA drugs occur. Medicinal errors increase health care costs by about two billion dollars annually. This study examines the frequency of errors resulting from LASA drugs in the emergency department and identifies the main causes of these errors. This sectional analytical study was conducted in 2016 in the Namazi and Faghihi hospitals of Shiraz. The questionnaire was developed by the researcher and its validity was confirmed by the experts. The stratified ...
Abstract: One of the fundamental ideas in the healthcare industry and a crucial component of the cal...
Background: Human error is more prevalent among nurses than other health care occupations. These mis...
Objective: Emergency departments (EDs) are characterized by simultaneous care of multiple patients w...
The words “look-alike” and “sound-alike” are used to express the confusion caused by drugs whose nam...
Despite recent developments in the inventory management, introduction of electronic drug trolleys an...
Background: With thousands of drugs currently in the market, the potential for medication errors due...
The existence of confusing drug names is one of the most common causes of medication errors. There a...
Objective: To estimate chances of potential look-alike, sound-alike and read-alike (LASARA) errors i...
Background: The acronym LASA (look-alike sound-alike) denotes the problem of confusing similar- look...
Background: Look-alike, sound-alike (LASA) drug names are a cause of medication errors with resultin...
Abstract Background Medication errors are categorized among the most common medical errors that may ...
Background and objectives: Evidence suggests that medication errors are among the most common types...
Medication errors have important effects on increased length of hospitalization, increased mortalit...
Afsaneh Vazin,1 Zahra Zamani,1 Nahid Hatam2 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, 2...
Introduction: Errors are a byproduct of human information processing or cognitive functioning. Altho...
Abstract: One of the fundamental ideas in the healthcare industry and a crucial component of the cal...
Background: Human error is more prevalent among nurses than other health care occupations. These mis...
Objective: Emergency departments (EDs) are characterized by simultaneous care of multiple patients w...
The words “look-alike” and “sound-alike” are used to express the confusion caused by drugs whose nam...
Despite recent developments in the inventory management, introduction of electronic drug trolleys an...
Background: With thousands of drugs currently in the market, the potential for medication errors due...
The existence of confusing drug names is one of the most common causes of medication errors. There a...
Objective: To estimate chances of potential look-alike, sound-alike and read-alike (LASARA) errors i...
Background: The acronym LASA (look-alike sound-alike) denotes the problem of confusing similar- look...
Background: Look-alike, sound-alike (LASA) drug names are a cause of medication errors with resultin...
Abstract Background Medication errors are categorized among the most common medical errors that may ...
Background and objectives: Evidence suggests that medication errors are among the most common types...
Medication errors have important effects on increased length of hospitalization, increased mortalit...
Afsaneh Vazin,1 Zahra Zamani,1 Nahid Hatam2 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, 2...
Introduction: Errors are a byproduct of human information processing or cognitive functioning. Altho...
Abstract: One of the fundamental ideas in the healthcare industry and a crucial component of the cal...
Background: Human error is more prevalent among nurses than other health care occupations. These mis...
Objective: Emergency departments (EDs) are characterized by simultaneous care of multiple patients w...