Exploring the potential for using drug indications to prevent look-alike and sound-alike drug errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Exploring the potential for using drug indications to prevent look-alike and sound-alike drug errors. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published July 2017

Exploring the potential for using drug indications to prevent look-alike and sound-alike drug errors.

Seoane-Vazquez E, Rodriguez-Monguio R, Alqahtani S, Schiff G. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2017 Jul 20; [Epub ahead of print].

This experimental study found that including the approved indication along with the generic name reduced medication errors associated with look-alike and sound-alike drug pairs. The authors advocate for incorporating this information into medication prescribing.

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