There is an increasing recognition that medication errors are causing a substantial global
public health problem, as many result in harm to patients and increased costs to health …

Many drug names can look or sound like other drug names, which leads to confusion and
potentially harmful medication errors. While various types of drug names exist, brand …

Errors due to look-alike or sound-alike medication names are common in the United States,
and are responsible for thousands of deaths and millions of dollars in cost each year. Up to …

Accurate electronic health records are important for clinical care and research as well as
ensuring patient safety. It is crucial for misspelled words to be corrected in order to ensure …

Background Each year over 600 million prescription items are dispensed in community
pharmacies in England and Wales. Despite this, there is little published evidence relating to …

Objective: To assess the attitudes of pharmacists towards the issue of dispensing errors.
Method: A postal survey was undertaken among all Tasmanian‐registered pharmacists …

Background. One of every four medication errors reported in the United States is a name-
confusion error. The rate of name-confusion errors might be reduced if new and confusing …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Hospital pharmacies dispense large numbers of medication
doses for hospitalized patients. A study was conducted at an academic tertiary care hospital …

This case study over time describes five years of experience with interventions to improve
laboratory test utilization at an academic medical center. The high-frequency laboratory tests …

Health professionals and patients tend to confuse drugs with similar names, thereby
threatening patient safety. One out of four medication errors voluntarily reported in the US …