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The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names.
Darker IT, Gerret D, Filik R, Purdy KJ, Gale AG. Ergonomics. 2011;54:21-33.

This study discusses the impact of capitalizing letters as a strategic practice to reduce potential medication labeling and interpretation errors.
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