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