Labelling

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1. Addressing the risk of look-alike, sound-alike medication errors: bending metal or twisting arms? (7 May 2025)

   • Medication
   • Human error
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     • Medication
     • Human error
     • Packaging/ labelling/ signage

   By Patient Safety Learning, 23 May

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   • 23 May

2. FDA and ISMP lists of look-alike drug names with recommended tall man letters (ISMP, 26 January 2023)

   • Human error
   • Labelling / packaging/ signage
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     • Human error
     • Labelling / packaging/ signage
     • Medication
     • Prescribing
     • USA

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 January, 2024

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   • 2 January, 2024

3. Shape matters: A neglected feature of medication safety (19 December 2022)

   • Medication
   • Human factors
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     • Medication
     • Human factors
     • Human error
     • Labelling / packaging/ signage
     • Ergonomics
     • System safety

   By Patient Safety Learning, 1 February, 2023

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   • 1 February, 2023

4. All about the box: Increasing medication safety with packaging considerations (13 August 2019)

   • Medication
   • Medication - related
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     • Medication
     • Medication - related
     • WPSD22
     • Packaging/ labelling/ signage

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 September, 2022

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   • 17 September, 2022

5. Avoiding potential medication errors associated with non-intuitive medication abbreviations

   • Medication
   • Prescribing
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     • Medication
     • Prescribing
     • Treatment
     • Confirmation bias
     • Perception / understanding

   By Claire Cox, 28 September, 2019

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   • 1,456 views
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   • Added by Claire Cox
   • 28 September, 2019

6. The healthcare industry needs to be more honest about medical errors, a blog by Kathleen Sutcliffe

   • Treatment
   • Medication
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     • Treatment
     • Medication
     • Packaging/ labelling/ signage

   By Claire Cox, 6 November, 2019

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   • 6 November, 2019