The survey of look alike/sound alike (LASA) drugs available in hospitals in Thailand

Chanakit, Teeraporn

doi:10.5897/ajpp11.812

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“…Therefore this error can be prevented when nurses reading prescriptions more carefully and considering them in the context of patient status and diagnoses. (Chanakit et al 2013) [5] . Regarding nurses' practice about look alike sound alike medication, the current study illustrated that majority of nurses have competent level of practice regarding the following items identification of LASA medication, preparation, post medication administration, and storage.…”

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Nurses' performance regarding intravenous infusion of look-alike sound alike medications at Sohag University Hospital

Mostafa,

Ali,

Hafez

2021

Int. J. Adv. Res. Nurs.

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Background: Many drug names look or sound like other drug names. Nurses have great role in prevention of medication issues related to this similarity. Aim of study:The study aimed to assess the nurses' performance regarding intravenous infusion of Look Alike Sound Alike Medications at Sohag University Hospital. Design: A descriptive exploratory design was used to achieve the aim of the current study. Setting: The study was conducted at the critical care units in Sohag university hospital. Subjects: A convenient sample of all available nurses (100 nurses) who worked at the intensive care units at Soahg University Hospital during the study time. Tools: two tools were utilized to collect data pertinent to the study namely; Self-administered interview questionnaire, and observational checklist regarding intravenous look alike sound alike medications. Results: More than half of nurses had corrected total knowledge regarding look Alike & sound alike medication (62%, & 59% respectively). Also more than half of nurses had competent level of practice Conclusion: Based on the present study findings, it can be concluded that staff nurses had acceptable level of knowledge and practice Recommendations: conducting training program for nurse about look alike & sound alike medications.

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Nurses' performance regarding intravenous infusion of look-alike sound alike medications at Sohag University Hospital

Mostafa,

Ali,

Hafez

2021

Int. J. Adv. Res. Nurs.

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“…However, our findings are likely informative to stakeholders in other countries given that there is considerable overlap between the ISMP List and lists from other countries. [36][37][38][39] Future work should replicate our study using other US and non-US SALA lists. 25,30,[36][37][38][39][40] Third, the ISMP List contained limited information on medication product attributes.…”

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“…[36][37][38][39] Future work should replicate our study using other US and non-US SALA lists. 25,30,[36][37][38][39][40] Third, the ISMP List contained limited information on medication product attributes. Thus, we developed an algorithm to link each case pair to its product attributes in the FDBM database.…”

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Sound-Alike Look-Alike Confusion and Matching Medication Product Attributes: Simulated Case-Control Studies

Her

Toh

2019

Ann Pharmacother

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Background: Sound-alike look-alike (SALA) medication confusions harm as many as 250 000 Americans annually. Most preventive strategies focus on medication name similarities. Objectives: To evaluate the association between matching medication product attributes and SALA confusion. Methods: We simulated 20 000 case-control studies using the Institute for Safe Medication Practices’ List of Confused Drug Names as case pairs and 4 randomly selected control pairs per case pair from the First DataBank MedKnowledge (FDBM) database. We extracted 7 product attributes for each medication from the FDBM database. We used logistic regression models to estimate the associations between matching product attributes and SALA confusion. The models included a series of univariate (unadjusted) models, a model that adjusted for all product attributes, and a model that further adjusted for medication name similarity measures. Results: Medications with a matching product attribute had increased odds of SALA confusion in the univariate analyses (odds ratio [OR] = 4.2 to 55.5). When we simultaneously adjusted for all attributes, the associations of matching package unit, package unit size, formulation, strength, therapeutic class, and manufacturer with SALA confusion were attenuated but remained elevated (OR = 1.5 to 26.5), whereas the direction of association between matching route and SALA confusion reversed (OR = 0.8). These associations persisted on adjustment for medication name similarity measures. Conclusions and Relevance: This study is the first to evaluate the association between matching medication product attributes and SALA confusion with a control group. Having matching product attributes increased the odds of SALA confusion. SALA risk reduction strategies should consider product attributes.

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Identification of Confusing Medicine Proprietary Names: Toward Safe Medicine Use—A Cross-Sectional Study in Sri Lanka

Jayasinghe,

Srilal,

Subasinghe

et al. 2023

Ther Innov Regul Sci

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The survey of look alike/sound alike (LASA) drugs available in hospitals in Thailand

Cited by 3 publications

References 24 publications

Nurses' performance regarding intravenous infusion of look-alike sound alike medications at Sohag University Hospital

Nurses' performance regarding intravenous infusion of look-alike sound alike medications at Sohag University Hospital

Sound-Alike Look-Alike Confusion and Matching Medication Product Attributes: Simulated Case-Control Studies

Identification of Confusing Medicine Proprietary Names: Toward Safe Medicine Use—A Cross-Sectional Study in Sri Lanka

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