Detection of potential look-alike/sound-alike medication errors using Veterans Affairs administrative databases.

Jessica M. Zacher; Francesca E. Cunningham; Xinhua Zhao; Muriel L. Burk; Von R. Moore; Chester B. Good; Peter A. Glassman; Sherrie L. Aspinall

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Detection of potential look-alike/sound-alike medication errors using Veterans Affairs administrative databases.

November 28, 2018

Zacher JM, Cunningham FE, Zhao X, et al. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2018;75(19):1460-1466.

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Look-alike and sound-alike medications are known to increase the risk of adverse drug events. Using Veterans Affairs administrative data on prescriptions filled for look-alike and sound-alike medications, researchers found that the potential for medication errors was high, but the actual error rate based on chart review was low.

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