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A study to gauge the awareness about look-alike & sound-alike (lasa) drugs among hospital and industrial pharmacists in a developing country
- In: F9 - Short oral presentations of the FIP Industrial Pharmacy Section on Monday, 1 September 2014, 12:15-13:45
- At: Bangkok (Thailand) (2014)
- Type: Presentation
- By: AHSAN, Salwa (Inst. of Business Management, Health and Hospital Management, Karachi, Pakistan)
- Abstract:
INTRODUCTION: Medication names that look similar or sound similar could result in failure to identify drugs and are a potential source of medication errors in health care systems. Out of total medication errors reported in U.S., LASA medication errors contribute about 12-25%. OBJECTIVE: To determine the difference in awareness level of pharmacists
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