Learn: Learnhttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/labelling/?d=1Learn: LearnenWidening access to penicillin allergy assessment in the United Kingdom—a proposed implementation plan for the National Health Service (7 January 2026)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/labelling/widening-access-to-penicillin-allergy-assessment-in-the-united-kingdom%E2%80%94a-proposed-implementation-plan-for-the-national-health-service-7-january-2026-r13955/13955Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:41:00 +0000Addressing the risk of look-alike, sound-alike medication errors: bending metal or twisting arms? (7 May 2025)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/labelling/addressing-the-risk-of-look-alike-sound-alike-medication-errors-bending-metal-or-twisting-arms-7-may-2025-r13186/13186Fri, 23 May 2025 12:00:01 +0000Shape matters: A neglected feature of medication safety (19 December 2022)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/labelling/shape-matters-a-neglected-feature-of-medication-safety-19-december-2022-r8663/8663Wed, 01 Feb 2023 15:37:00 +0000All about the box: Increasing medication safety with packaging considerations (13 August 2019)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/labelling/all-about-the-box-increasing-medication-safety-with-packaging-considerations-13-august-2019-r7629/7629Fri, 16 Sep 2022 17:07:23 +0000The healthcare industry needs to be more honest about medical errors, a blog by Kathleen Sutcliffehttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/labelling/the-healthcare-industry-needs-to-be-more-honest-about-medical-errors-a-blog-by-kathleen-sutcliffe-r860/ This blog discusses the barriers in tackling some of healthcares biggest patient safety problems - medication labelling and drug errors to name just one.

It highlights the need to listen to experts outside of healthcare as localised solutions do not solve the wider, more complex issues of patient safety.

]]>860Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:11:00 +0000Avoiding potential medication errors associated with non-intuitive medication abbreviationshttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/labelling/avoiding-potential-medication-errors-associated-with-non-intuitive-medication-abbreviations-r1017/ This study from Schultz et al., published in the The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, clearly shows hat abbreviations currently used by manufacturers to differentiate short- and long-acting medications are problematic. Furthermore, it has highlighted the potential consequences of using non-intuitive abbreviations to differentiate medications with different release rates.

The study demonstrates how evidence-based research at the local level, along with feedback and input from front-line staff, can be used to address longstanding problems. Although no strategy can eliminate all errors involving medications with different release rates, this study generated evidence-based solutions that were subsequently implemented to minimise potential errors through more intuitive labelling of medications. The findings from this evaluation are applicable to other organisations seeking to reduce the risk of errors related to medication abbreviations and should also be considered by pharmaceutical companies.

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