Medical Terminology / Unit 15 MedTerm 0972 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Names
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The idea
Look-alike, sound-alike names are pairs of drug names similar enough in spelling or sound to be confused.
In practice
The abbreviation LASA names this category in safety literature.
Where people slip
This is the same failure the course met at ileum and ilium, now with names rather than anatomy.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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