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August 12, 2004

• Hospital and medical staff leadership is key to compliance with JC dangerous abbreviation list
• ISMP petitions USP on epinephrine issues
• Potential medication errors with ezetimibe/simvastatin (VYTORIN)
• Multiple dosage forms of acetylcysteine cause confusion
• Safety improvements can uncover new errors
• Errors continue with tetanus toxoid vaccines and PPD
  
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August 26, 2004

• Root causes: A roadmap to action
• Mishaps continue with ethyl chloride
• Electronic drug reference contains errors
• CYTOXAN (cyclophosphamide) reformulation could cause confusion
• JC posts a list of look-alike, sound-alike medications
• Verbal directions can be misunderstood by patients
• Potential mix-up with the new drug UROXATRAL (alfuzosin extended-release tablets)
  
  
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