Key words: Medications; Medications errors; Adverse drug events; Look-alike drugs; Sound-alike drugs Tall man lettering; Medication Errors Reporting Program; Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Citation: Ismail S and Taqi A. Medical errors related to look-alike and sound-alike drugs 展开 ...
The article reports on the new research conducted by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), which found that more than 3,170 pairs of U.S.-approved generic and brand drug names look or sound enough alike that health care workers have mixed up those medications. It found that patients might ...
(Medical Xpress)—A Purdue University medication safety expert said it is important to look at the larger system surrounding medication use, as well as the facilities where drugs are made to avoid tragedies like the meningitis outbreak that has claimed 15 lives. Ad "No one condones making a ba...
Due to the risk of medications errors from inadvertent interchange of drugs for which names look alike or sound alike, the Joint Commission on Accreditatio... DJ Hogan 被引量: 8发表: 2001年 Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drug Names. The article focuses on drugs that sound similar which are report...
But counterfeit drugs may contain too little or none of the active ingredients of the real thing. People do not get the medicine they need. And in some cases counterfeits cause death. Twenty children in Bangladesh died last year after being given acetaminophen(醋氨酚). The medications ...
Modest improvement in the memory of patients with Alzheimer’s disease may occur with drugs that increase transmission at which of the following receptors? A. Adrenergic. B. Cholinergic. C. Dopaminergic. D. GABAergic. E. Serotonergic. 查看完整题目与答案 Which of the following medications reduces...
Counterfeit medicines are a widespread problem in developing countries. Like other counterfeits they look like real products. But counterfeit drugs may contain too much too little or none of the active ingredients (原料) of the real thing
Hair shedding due to rapid weight loss—and Ozempic and drugs like it can result in rapid weight loss—is certainly a possibility. But data suggests its rare, with hair loss following bariatric surgery or diagnosed eating disorders, for example, being a far greater possibility. (Fifty-seven per...
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicesannouncedthat prices for 10 prescription drugs will be reduced for Medicare Part D recipients beginning in 2026. The next cycle of drugs up for price negotiation, which will include 15 medications this time, isslatedto be released by February 1, with ...
Sign up for our Newsletter Here The original purpose of thedonut holewas to keep program costs for Medicare low. It was also supposed to encourage beneficiaries to use cheaper generic drugs rather than costly brand-name prescriptions. However, the hardship caused by the coverage gap has outweighed...