U.S. Pharmacopeia 8th Annual MEDMARX Report Indicates Look-Alike/Sound-Alike Drugs Lead to Thousands of Medication Errors Nationwide
January 29, 2008
January 29, 2008
ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 29 -- The United States Pharmacopeial Convention issued the following news release:
The 8th annual national MEDMARX Data Report released today by the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) revealed that more than 1,400 commonly used drugs are involved in errors linked to drug names that look alike or sound alike. According to findings in the MEDMARX report, 1.4% of the errors resulted in patient harm, including seven errors that may have caused or contributed to patient dea . . .
The 8th annual national MEDMARX Data Report released today by the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) revealed that more than 1,400 commonly used drugs are involved in errors linked to drug names that look alike or sound alike. According to findings in the MEDMARX report, 1.4% of the errors resulted in patient harm, including seven errors that may have caused or contributed to patient dea . . .