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https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/33744| Title: | Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name-Short case series. | Austin Authors: | Mamunuwa, N;Jayamanne, S;Wijekoon, N;Coombes, J;Perera, D;Shanika, T;Mohamed, F;Lynch, C;De Silva, A;Dawson, A | Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences The Open University of Sri Lanka Jaffna Sri Lanka. Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya Ragama Sri Lanka. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura Nugegoda Sri Lanka. School of Pharmacy University of Queensland Brisbane Australia. Pharmacy Department of Allied Health Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura Nugegoda Sri Lanka. Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences University of Peradeniya Peradeniya Sri Lanka.;Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney Sydney Australia. Collaboration of Australian Sri Lankan Pharmacy Practice Education Research (CASPPER) Brisbane Australia. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya Ragama Sri Lanka. Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney Sydney Australia. |
Issue Date: | Sep-2023 | Date: | 2023 | Publication information: | Clinical Case Reports 2023-09; 11(9) | Abstract: | Confusion of drug names has been identified as a leading cause of medication errors and potential iatrogenic harm. Most of these errors occur because of look-alike or sound-alike drugs. This case series gives examples of duplication errors due to brand confusion, where there are no similarities in the names. | URI: | https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/33744 | DOI: | 10.1002/ccr3.7795 | ORCID: | 0000-0002-8133-9916 |
Journal: | Clinical Case Reports | Start page: | e7795 | PubMed URL: | 37720712 | Type: | Journal Article | Subjects: | brand confusion duplication errors medication errors |
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