Shape matters: a neglected feature of medication safety: why regulating the shape of medication containers can improve medication safety.

Yuval Bitan; Mark Nunnally

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Shape matters: a neglected feature of medication safety: why regulating the shape of medication containers can improve medication safety.

February 22, 2023

Bitan Y, Nunnally M. J Med Syst. 2022;47(1):6.

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Hospitals, pharmacies, and organizations have developed numerous strategies to prevent look-alike/sound-alike medication mix-ups, but these errors continue to occur. This article suggests a human factors approach by changing the shape of the container for each medication class-type, thus reducing clinicians’ cognitive load. Importantly, drug manufacturers would need to agree on container shapes to prevent confusion when drugs are ordered from different suppliers.

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