Detection of potential look-alike/sound-alike medication errors using Veterans Affairs administrative databases.
Purpose. Results of a study to estimate the prevalence of look-alike/sound-alike (LASA) medication errors through analysis of Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data are reported. Methods. Veterans with at least 2 filled prescriptions for 1 medication in 20 LASA drug pairs during the period April...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Vol. 75; no. 19; pp. 1460 - 1467 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
10/1/2018
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