Look- and sound-alike drug names are creating mistakes

November 2003

Look- and sound-alike drug names are creating mistakes.

They account for about 15% of med errors.

Some names are accidents waiting to happen...Keppra, Kaletra, and Keflex.

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Medication Errors Look- and sound-alike drug names are creating mistakes