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ISMP's List of Confused Drug Names contains look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) name pairs, of
medications that have been published in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® and the ISMP Medication
Safety Alert!® Community/Ambulatory Care Edition through February 28, 2019.
Medication errors
Definition:
"any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or
patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional,
patient, or consumer."
Classifications and causes
Causes in community settings
Insufficient pharmacist training or lack of continued professional development
Poor communication between pharmacists and doctors (and patients in Egypt, no pt
counseling)
Overreliance on automated systems (not n
Egypt) Poor documentation
Poor pharmacy organization
Examples of errors
Problems associated with prescribing, communicating, labeling, packaging,
nomenclature, compounding, dispensing, administration, and education.
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