Preventing Medication Errors
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Look Alike/Sound Alike (LA/SA) Drug Error Prevention Methods
HMC Partners used the following methods to prevent LA/SA Drug Errors
- Tallman lettering on drugs, shelves, bins - 69%
- Segregation of LA/SA Drugs - 39%
- Warning stickers, colored, on LA/SA Drugs - 39%
- Maintain & display an LA/SA List - 31%
- Education of Clinicians - 15%
- Limit # of available strengths of LA/SA Drugs - 8%
- Limit # of LA/SA Drugs in automated dispensing units - 8%
- Different color bins or shelves for LA/SA drugs - 31%
- Warning messages in automated dispensing units, CPOE, charting systems, etc. - 46%
- Developing a high alert medication process - 15%
- LA/SA names are printed in color on lists & forms - 8%
- Bar Code Technology - 8%
Responses do not total 100% because most hospital employ more than one of these measures to prevent LA/SA Drug Errors.
