Tech in Surgery Prep / Unit 5 TSC 105 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Look-Alike, Sound-Alike
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The idea
Some medications have names that look or sound alike, and they are a known source of errors.
In practice
A national medication-safety organization keeps lists of these drugs and recommends tall man lettering, uppercase letters within names, to help tell similar names apart.
Where people slip
Read every label in full; a quick glance at the first few letters is how look-alike errors happen.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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