Effects of tall man lettering on the visual behaviour of critical care nurses while identifying syringe drug labels: a randomised in situ simulation.

Quentin Lohmeyer; Cornel Schiess; Pedro David Wendel Garcia; Heidi Petry; Eric Strauch; Andreas Dietsche; Reto A Schuepbach; Philipp K Buehler; Daniel A Hofmaenner

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Effects of tall man lettering on the visual behaviour of critical care nurses while identifying syringe drug labels: a randomised in situ simulation.

April 20, 2022

Lohmeyer Q, Schiess C, Wendel Garcia PD, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2022;32(1):26-33.

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Tall Man lettering (TML) is a recommended strategy to reduce look-alike or sound-alike medication errors. This simulation study used eye tracking to investigate how of ‘tall man lettering’ impacts medication administration tasks. The researchers found that TML of prelabeled syringes led to a significant decrease in misidentified syringes and improved visual attention.

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