In various studies, a frequency of adverse drug events in medical treatments was found ranging between 0.7% and 6.5%. About 12% of these medication errors are due to confusion resulting from similar sounding names (sound-alike) or similar spellings (look-alike). The problem of sound-alike and look-alike drug names, which however should always be a unique name, is monitored by various institutions at international, European and national levels. In order to prevent the confusion of drugs, it is recommended to maintain lists of look-alike and sound-alike drug names (LASA list). These LASA lists, however, reflect only on pairs of drug names which already had been confusedIn this study, we prospectively describe the similarity of drug names base...
To minimize drug name confusion errors, regulators, drug companies, and clinicians need tools that h...
The words “look-alike” and “sound-alike” are used to express the confusion caused by drugs whose nam...
Trabalho Final de Mestrado Integrado, Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de F...
Background: ‘Look-alike, sound-alike’ (LASA) medicines may be confused by prescribers, pharmacists, ...
This paper addresses the mitigation of medical errors due to the confusion of sound-alike and look-a...
AbstractDrug name similarity is one of major reasons of medical accidents. In order to prevent from ...
The existence of confusing drug names is one of the most common causes of medication errors. There a...
Clinicians and patients often confuse drug names that sound alike. We conducted auditory perception ...
Approximately 12.5 percent of the medication errors reported to the FDA are a result of confusion be...
Background: Look-alike, sound-alike (LASA) drug names are a cause of medication errors with resultin...
<div><p>Background</p><p>Confusion between look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) medication names (such ...
‘Look-alike, sound-alike’ medicines are associated with dispensing errors. This commentary aims to f...
Background: With thousands of drugs currently in the market, the potential for medication errors due...
BackgroundConfusion between look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) medication names (such as mercaptamine...
Background and objectives: Evidence suggests that medication errors are among the most common types...
To minimize drug name confusion errors, regulators, drug companies, and clinicians need tools that h...
The words “look-alike” and “sound-alike” are used to express the confusion caused by drugs whose nam...
Trabalho Final de Mestrado Integrado, Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de F...
Background: ‘Look-alike, sound-alike’ (LASA) medicines may be confused by prescribers, pharmacists, ...
This paper addresses the mitigation of medical errors due to the confusion of sound-alike and look-a...
AbstractDrug name similarity is one of major reasons of medical accidents. In order to prevent from ...
The existence of confusing drug names is one of the most common causes of medication errors. There a...
Clinicians and patients often confuse drug names that sound alike. We conducted auditory perception ...
Approximately 12.5 percent of the medication errors reported to the FDA are a result of confusion be...
Background: Look-alike, sound-alike (LASA) drug names are a cause of medication errors with resultin...
<div><p>Background</p><p>Confusion between look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) medication names (such ...
‘Look-alike, sound-alike’ medicines are associated with dispensing errors. This commentary aims to f...
Background: With thousands of drugs currently in the market, the potential for medication errors due...
BackgroundConfusion between look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) medication names (such as mercaptamine...
Background and objectives: Evidence suggests that medication errors are among the most common types...
To minimize drug name confusion errors, regulators, drug companies, and clinicians need tools that h...
The words “look-alike” and “sound-alike” are used to express the confusion caused by drugs whose nam...
Trabalho Final de Mestrado Integrado, Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de F...