Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: let us all be aware
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2013), Original Research Article
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2013)

Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: let us all be aware

Original Research Article
Published 2014-06-18
Sanjaya Mani Dixit
Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu
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Keywords

Identical
Look-alike
Medication error
Patient safety
Sound-alike

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Dixit, S. M. (2014). Look-alike and sound-alike medicines: let us all be aware. Journal of Kathmandu Medical College, 2(2), 75–83. Retrieved from https://jkmc.com.np/ojs3/index.php/journal/article/view/869
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Abstract

Background: ALMEX and ALMOX; ASOM and AZOM; TRIAD, TRIAD P and TRIAD PF; folic acid and folinic acid; Vincristine and Vinblastine. Such look-alike and sound-alike medicines because of the similarity in their names create confusion whil

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