Also known as the Look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) list.
This list includes abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations that have been frequently misinterpreted and involved in harmful or potentially harmful medication errors.
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Consensus-based best practices for issues that continue to cause fatal and harmful errors.
Medications requiring special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.
Developed to identify, inspire, and mobilize adoption of consensus-based Best Practices for specific medication safety issues in community pharmacy that can cause patient harm.
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Drug name pairs or larger groupings that look similar utilize bolded uppercase letters to help draw attention to the dissimilarities in look-alike drug names.
Developed to support hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and other procedural locations in addressing identified national gaps in perioperative and procedural medication safety.
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Identify best practices to support safe use of technology and automation in sterile compounding.
Medications requiring special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.
Collect critical information after a medication error or near-miss occurs. Identify, prioritize, and record problems in your facility's medication use system.
