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FACT SHEET/FAQS

Eliminating Dangerous Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols.

Medication Safety Issue Briefs, Series III. Health Forum. June 2005;79.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Rx for a better prescription. Hospital bans doctors from using confusing medical abbreviations.

Hall J. The Free Lance-Star. September 25, 2005.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion #327: "Do not use" abbreviations.

ACOG Committee on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Obstet Gynecol. 2006;107:213-214.

STUDY

Ambulatory prescribing errors among community-based providers in two states.

Abramson EL, Bates DW, Jenter C, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:644-648.

COMMENTARY

Prescribing errors resulting in adverse drug events: how can they be prevented?

Thurmann PA. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2006;5:489-493.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:725-728.

TOOLKIT

ISMP and FDA campaign to eliminate use of error-prone abbreviations.

Huntington Valley, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

STUDY

High incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription process.

Hartel MJ, Staub LP, Röder C, Eggli S. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011;11:199.

STUDY

Effectiveness of a community collaborative for eliminating the use of high-risk abbreviations written by physicians.

Leonhardt KK, Botticelli J. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:147-153.

STUDY

ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: prescribing and transcribing—2007.

Pedersen CA, Schneider PJ, Scheckelhoff DJ. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:827-843.

COMMENTARY

Medication orders are written clearly and transcribed accurately – implementing Medication Management Standard 3.20 and National Patient Safety Goal 2b.

Laselle TJ,May SK. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:82-87.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:463-464.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2007;42:181–182.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Drug name confusion: preventing medication errors.

Rados C. FDA Consum. 2005;39:35-37.

STUDY

The impact of abbreviations on patient safety.

Brunetti L, Santell JP, Hicks RW. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:576-583.

TOOLKIT

POP (Paul O’Neill Pledge) Patient Safety Campaign.

Florida Health Care Coalition.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Handwritten-prescription ban puts pharmacists in awkward position as "enforcers."

Ostrom CM. Seattle Times. June 22, 2006:B1.

COMMENTARY

The 2-Week Itch.

Cohen MR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2003.

COMMENTARY

Patient Safety in the Physician Office Setting

Elder NC. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2006.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen M. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:222-224.

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