Tall man letters are gaining wide acceptance.

A tall man lettering project to enhance medication safety.

Medication errors are still a major public safety concern for patients and consumers. Although figures published on errors caused by drug name confusion ranges from 9% to 25%, the impact of selecting the wrong drug can be catastrophic. There have been many attempts to develop safeguards and strategies to reduce errors caused by similar or look-alike drug names. One approach is to deploy a mixed...

Development of a list of look-alike drug names with recommended tall man letters.

OBJECTIVE To develop a list of look-alike drug names with tall man letters, which will facilitate and standardize the implementation of this technique in safety practices designed to reduce errors caused by look-alike names. MATERIAL AND METHODS Two structured surveys were carried out. The first survey included 46 pairs, groups, or individual look-alike drug names with tall man letters from t...

The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names.

Visual errors in the perception of written drug names can reflect orthographic similarity amongst certain names. Drug names are typically printed in lowercase text. 'Tall Man' lettering, the capitalisation of the portions that differ amongst orthographically similar drug names, is employed in the field of medication labelling and prescribing to reduce medication errors by highlighting the area ...

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Does Tall Man lettering prevent drug name confusion errors? Incomplete and conflicting evidence suggest need for definitive study.

To cite: Lambert BL, Schroeder SR, Galanter WL. BMJ Qual Saf 2016;25: 213–217. Wrong-drug errors, thought to be caused primarily by drug names that look and/or sound alike, occur at a rate of about one error per thousand dispensed prescriptions in the outpatient setting and one per thousand orders in the inpatient setting. 2 Most are relatively benign, but some cause severe or even fatal harm. ...