Purpose Unclear labeling has been recognized as an important cause of look-alike
medication errors. The aim of this literature review is to systematically evaluate the current …

Wrong-drug errors, thought to be caused primarily by drug names that look and/or sound
alike, occur at a rate of about one error per thousand dispensed prescriptions in the …

Background Patients in intensive care units are prone to the occurrence of medication
errors. Look-alike, sound-alike drugs with similar drug names can lead to medication errors …

Objective To provide an overview of medication errors (MEs) in veterinary medicine, with a
focus on the perianesthetic period; to compare MEs in veterinary medicine with human …

Aims The aim of this systematic review was to explore and evaluate the efficacy of
interventions to reduce the prevalence of look‐alike, sound‐alike (LASA) medication name …

Background Despite the widespread implementation of Tall Man lettering, little evidence
exists regarding whether this technique has reduced drug errors due to look-alike sound …

Introduction Drug confusion is thought to be the most common type of dispensing error.
Several strategies can be implemented to reduce the risk of medication errors. One of these …

Objective The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions designed to
reduce problems with readability and comprehensibility in drug labels. Methods A …

Introdução: Os medicamentos look-alike, sound-alike (LASA) apresentam nome ortográfico
e/ou fonético e/ou aspeto semelhante que podem ser confundidos, originando trocas entre …

Methods: We searched 5 databases (from database inception to January 2020) for empirical
studies that examined the effects of text enhancement on reduction of look-alike drug name …