TY - JOUR
T1 - Look-Alike Medication Packages and Patient Safety
AU - Shao, Shih Chieh
AU - Lai, Edward Chia Cheng
AU - Owang, Kok Loon
AU - Chen, Hui Yu
AU - Chan, Yuk Ying
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - Medication errors substantially threaten patient safety, and their prevention requires clinical vigilance. We present a case of taking the wrong drug due to a dispensing error by pharmacists involving medication packaging confusion, and we report how we prevent similar dispensing errors by thorough investigation and intervention. This case emphasizes the need for constant attention by hospital, medical industry, and regulatory authorities to avoid look-alike medication packaging in the interest of medication safety.
AB - Medication errors substantially threaten patient safety, and their prevention requires clinical vigilance. We present a case of taking the wrong drug due to a dispensing error by pharmacists involving medication packaging confusion, and we report how we prevent similar dispensing errors by thorough investigation and intervention. This case emphasizes the need for constant attention by hospital, medical industry, and regulatory authorities to avoid look-alike medication packaging in the interest of medication safety.
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U2 - 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000506
DO - 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000506
M3 - Article
C2 - 29894438
AN - SCOPUS:85052726619
VL - 14
SP - e47-e48
JO - Journal of Patient Safety
JF - Journal of Patient Safety
SN - 1549-8417
IS - 3
ER -