Look alike sound alike medications

    • [DOC File]“DMSH Pharmacological Practice Guidelines for the ...

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      Discuss dangerous abbreviations, high risk/high alert medications, and look –alike/sound-alike medications. Discuss medication errors (MR)/adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and Patient Safety Net (PSN). Disclosure Declaration. Dr. Andre Emont, will not discuss an unapproved/uninvestigated use of a commercial product.


    • UHS Policy and Procedure Manual

      When look-alike or sound-alike medications are used, refer to Policy 6.01P above to prevent errors. III. Procedure. The clinical record shall contain sufficient information to identify the patient clearly, to justify the diagnosis and treatment, to document the results accurately, and to support coding and billing related to the visit.


    • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

      Is this a look-alike, sound-alike drug? Should there be limited concentrations available? Are there multiple formulations available (e.g., extended-release products, liposomal formulations, multiple dosage forms)?


    • [DOC File]National PBM Monograph Template Rev20091005

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      Table 2 Look-alike / Sound-alike Drug Names. NME Drug Name Lexi-Comp First DataBank USP ISMP Clinical Judgment Tamper-resistant Oxycodone IR 5mg, 10mg tab Hydrocodone. Oxycontin® Oxymorphone Oxycontin. MS Contin. Hydrocodone Oxandrolone^# Oxazepam^ Oxybutynin*^# Oxytocin# Roxanol^# Roxicet^# Hydrocodone. Oxycontin. MS Contin


    • [DOC File]CHAPTER 22

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      To minimize the opportunity for errors with look-alike and sound-alike medications, prescribers are encouraged to supply the indication for medications that look-alike and/or sound-alike. The use of preprinted orders when available is also encouraged. Use proper spacing when writing orders. For example, propranolol20mg can appear to read as ...


    • [DOC File]POLICY AND PROCEDURES

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      To minimize the opportunity for errors with look-alike and sound-alike medications, prescribers are encouraged to supply the indication for medications that look-alike and/or sound-alike. The use of preprinted orders when available is also encouraged. Use proper spacing when writing orders. For example, propranolol20mg can appear to read as ...


    • [DOC File]ISMP Medication Safety Alert

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      ISMP is aware of 4 previous reports involving this pair of look- and sound-alike drugs. Both products are available in 50 mg strengths which increases the risk of confusion. When accepting telephone orders, pharmacists should write the order on a pharmacy prescription blank and read it back to the prescriber, spelling the drug name, sounding ...


    • [DOC File]ISMP Medication Safety Alert

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      Human and animal medications may lead to drug name mix-ups 09/15 There is a potential for injury to animals due to confusion between human and animal drugs that have look- or sound-alike names. Recently, a dog mistakenly received the human antidepressant . SINEQUAN (doxepin) instead of the prescribed animal antibiotic . ZENIQUIN (marbofloxacin).


    • [DOCX File]Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care ...

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      The Commission is responsible for the development and stewardship of the National Tall Man Lettering List (the List).1 The List compiles look-alike sound-alike (LASA) medicine names (generic and brand name pairs) that have been predicted to pose the greatest risks to patient safety. The List shows LASA medicine names in pairs or groups.


    • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

      Please submit your hazardous medications policies (chemotherapeutic and non-chemotherapeutic) including handling procedures and list of included medications. Standard 6.6f High- Alert, Look-Alike/Sound-Alike Policies and Med Lists


    • [DOC File]Analysis of current version of implementation expectations

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      August 25, 2006. JCAHO released revisions Look Alike, Sound Alike (LASA) Medication Tables in August of 2006. National Patient Safety Goal #3 requires hospitals to identify at a minimum a list of ten (10) combinations of LASA medications.


    • [DOC File]Section - Typepad

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      Policy Title: Look Alike-Sound Alike and High Alert Medication Management Review Dates: Page 1 of 1. 200 Hoods Lane | P.O. Box 1168 | Marblehead, MA 01945 | www.greeley.com. Consulting. tel 888/749-3054 fax 781/639-0085 | Seminars. tel 800/801-6661 fax 800/738-1553


    • [DOC File]Courtemanche & Associates

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      Look Alike, Sound Alike medications are properly separated and uniquely labeled? Look-Alike/Sound-Alike medication list reviewed annually? Review is documented in P&T Committee Minutes? Staff can identify . high alert medications. Staff can speak to high alert medication processes Staff can name the .


    • [DOC File]ISMP Medication Safety Alert

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      Read back and verify 21, 24 A poison control center reported a near-miss in which a drug antidote, fomepizole, was misheard by the treating physician as “omeprazole.” Another near-miss involving a sound-alike drug pair occurred when a community pharmacist receiving a telephone order misheard “Prograf” for “Prozac.”



    • [DOC File]SFGH Pharmacy Policies Rainbow Chart

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      Look Alike & Sound Alike Drugs. To prevent medication errors involving drugs that may look alike or sound alike, consider the following practices: Medication Ordering Distinguishing Medications By: Medication Administration/Storage: PRINT clearly. DO NOT ABBREVIATE drug name. Write both GENERIC and BRAND names


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