Since 2008, ISMP has maintained a list of drug name pairs and trios with recommended, bolded tall man (uppercase) letters to help draw attention to the dissimilarities in look-alike drug …

Take extra care when selecting look-alike, sound-alike (LASA) medicines with similar names, especially when stored in close proximity. Consider minimising selection error risks through: …

list of confused drug names, which includes look-alike and sound-alike name pairs, consists of those name pairs that have been published in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® and the …

medications require special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors. This may include strategies such as: using both the brand and generic names on prescriptions and labels; including the …

2023年10月20日 · Review proposed labels and labeling, packaging, and product design to minimize or eliminate hazards that can contribute to medication errors. Labels and labeling …

2023年10月20日 · Look-alike, sound-alike (LASA) medicines are a well-recognized cause of medication errors that are due to orthographic (look-alike) and phonetic (sound-alike) …

2024年7月2日 · LASA drugs are medications that look alike or sound alike to other medications. This similarity can lead to medication errors, such as dispensing the wrong drug or incorrect …

2022年3月21日 · LASA stickers. Tall man lettering: For valGANciclovir the indication (CMV) is listed in order entry selection and in ADCs. Products are stored separately in the pharmacy …

Look-alike sound-alike (LASA) medications can cause medication errors due to visual or name similarities. The document lists strategies to avoid LASA errors such as using tallman lettering …