Drug name pairs or larger groupings that look similar utilize bolded uppercase letters to help draw attention to the dissimilarities in look-alike drug names.
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These resources are developed from ISMP's review of reports through its national error reporting programs, peer-reviewed articles in its publications, and/or consensus gathering summits on topics pertinent to specific errors or hazards. ISMP offers a wide range of downloadable and easy to use resources. Many are free.
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Medications requiring special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.
Medications requiring special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.
This list includes abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations that have been frequently misinterpreted and involved in harmful or potentially harmful medication errors.
Top 10 Medication Errors and Hazards that appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! during 2020.
Medications that should not be crushed because of their special pharmaceutical formulations or characteristics.
Also known as the Look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) list.
Medications requiring special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.
Suggestions for developing policies, procedures, and associated documents.