Reducing Medication Errors Through Naming, Labeling, and Packaging
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Medical Systems
- Vol. 28 (1), 9-29
- https://doi.org/10.1023/b:joms.0000021518.60670.10
Abstract
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 25% of all...Keywords
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