Case report of a medication error
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INTRODUCTION The World Health Organisation recognizes confusing drug names as one of the most common causes of medication errors. Other factors include spelling, phonetic, or packaging similarities. CASE PRESENTATION We presented a case report of an inadvertent administration of a non-ocular pharmaceutical product (Novasone lotion) into the eye of an octogenarian individual, and briefly reviewed the relevant literature. DISCUSSION We discussed prevention strategies to avoid similar ophthalmic medication errors.
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دوره 95 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016