Evaluating the potential severity of look-alike, sound-alike drug substitution errors in children. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Evaluating the potential severity of look-alike, sound-alike drug substitution errors in children. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published September 2015

Evaluating the potential severity of look-alike, sound-alike drug substitution errors in children.

Basco WT Jr, Garner SS, Ebeling M, Freeland KD, Hulsey TC, Simpson K. Acad Pediatr. 2016;16:183-191.

Look-alike, sound-alike drug names pose serious threats for potential medication errors. In this study, 38 pediatricians participated in a modified Delphi process to classify the clinical importance of more than 600 look-alike, sound-alike medication pairs that present risks to children.

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