Medication Errors Associated with Look-alike/Sound-alike Drugs: A Brief Review

The existence of confusing drug names is one of the most common causes of medication errors. There are many types of medication errors: wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong route of administration, wrong patient etc. Misreading medication names that look similar is a common mistake. These look-alike medica...

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Main Authors: Zaida Rahman, Rukhsana Parvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Enam Medical College, Dhaka 2015-05-01
Series:Journal of Enam Medical College
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Online Access:http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JEMC/article/view/23385