PHARMACEUTICAL Defence Limited has issued a practice update on Look Alike, Sound Alike (LASA) medication errors, and the practice of Tall Man lettering to help distinguish similar-sounding drugs from each other.
Repeat offenders, as highlighted in reports to PDL, include confusion between aTRopt and AZopt, arATAC and arOPAX, laMICTAl and laRGACTil, & novoMIX and novoRAPID, the organisation said.
The prevalence of medication errors involving milliGRAMs and milliLITREs is another strong case for adopting the letter sizing system.
PDL's practice update highlights several case scenarios dealing with medications incl Prednisolone, Methadone liquid ml/mg errors and Saxenda - see pdl.org.au.
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