USP Announces New Tool to Help Prevent Medication Mix-Ups Due to Look Alike/Sound Alike Drug Names
August 25, 2008
August 25, 2008
ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 25 -- The United States Pharmacopeial Convention issued the following news release:
The U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention today announces a new drug safety tool designed to help patients, caregivers, pharmacists, physicians and others in avoiding medication errors that may occur because of drug names that look alike and/or sound alike. This "Drug Error Finder" is a searchable database of almost 1,500 commonly used drugs reported to be involved in m . . .
The U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention today announces a new drug safety tool designed to help patients, caregivers, pharmacists, physicians and others in avoiding medication errors that may occur because of drug names that look alike and/or sound alike. This "Drug Error Finder" is a searchable database of almost 1,500 commonly used drugs reported to be involved in m . . .