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Include Indication For Use to Avoid Rx Errors


 

▸ Prohibit verbal orders for sound-alikes that have been mixed up at your facility.

“Physicians' offices should always require a read-back from pharmacists, making sure that they both say and spell the drug name,” Ms. Cousins concluded.

The concern is that this increase in look-alike products further raises the opportunity for error. MS. COUSINS

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