Article: JCAHO advises caution with certain drug names.

Article: SDS Accreditation Update: Joint Commission releases ...
Same-Day Surgery;  October 1, 2004 ;     593 words ... ... Accreditation Update: Joint Commission releases look ... sound-alike drug names to place on ... list from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation ... sound-alike drug names. Along with ... names, the Joint Commission lists recommendations ...

Article: Combating Medication Errors.(similar drug names and ...
Chain Drug Review;  August 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... alike and look-alike drug names, tens of thousands ... mix-ups, warns the Joint Commission on Accreditation of ... analysts say that similar drug names (either written or ... incomplete knowledge of drug names, newly available products ...

Article: Joint Commission Names 2004 Ernest A. Codman Award ...
U.S. Newswire;  November 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... 2, during the Joint Commission on Accreditation ... Organizations and Joint Commission Resources' National ... D., president, Joint Commission. "These leaders ... alike/ look-alike drug names, medication directions ...

Article: JCAHO Update for Infection Control: 2005 patient safety goals ...
Hospital Employee Health;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... addition, the Joint Commission calls for hospitals ... these drugs. The Joint Commission notes that many drug names can look or sound ... inappropriate care, the Joint Commission lists the following ... and sound-alike drug names as published by ...

Article: Tall Man Drug Names Added to Medi-Span Electronic ...
Business Wire;  March 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Errors Resulting from Similar-Sounding Drug Names, Providing Greater Patient Safety Wolters ... announced that it has added 35 "Tall Man" drug names to its Medi-Span Electronic Drug File ... Office of Generic Drugs has identified 33 drug names prone to look-alike drug name medication ...

Article: Confusing drug names can lead to medication errors
AP Online;  November 24, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... including those caused by confusing drug names. Take Narcan, which treats morphine ... he invented a program that pinpoints drug names likely to be confused. Take nelfinavir ... confusing 15 pharmacists actually found the drug names the computer deemed very similar. The ...

Article: Researchers get $1.6 million NIH grant to address ...
Biotech Week;  June 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... that will look at auditory perception of drug names and develop a software program that will ... tool that can be used to screen proposed drug names against databases of existing drug names. For several years, pharmacists, linguists ...