Practitioners' Reporting News

Summaries generated by your medication error reports to USP.

04/22/2008	Edetate Disodium
12/21/2005	Revised Container Labeling for Teargen II
6/30/2005	Abbreviation Errors
5/31/2005	Total Bag/Vial Content Confusion
5/31/2005	Reminyl® Renamed to Razadyne™
5/31/2005	Plastic Ampul Mix-up
5/23/2005	Zyrtec and Zyprexa Confusion
10/22/2004	WARNING: Ethyl Chloride is Flammable!
9/30/2004	Summary of August 2004 Cases
8/31/2004	Summary of Recent Cases—Reference Book Error; Broselow® Tape Changes; Vials ≠ Syringes; Dangerous Concentration Expression
8/31/2004	Tips for Using USP's Similar Names List
5/28/2004	Is That Letter "C" Or An "E"?
4/30/2004	And the Similarity Goes On
3/31/2004	Cases Submitted to USP's Medication Errors Reporting Program—Trailing Zeros; Misunderstood Abbreviations; Calculation Concerns
3/31/2004	Cases Submitted to USP's Medication Errors Reporting Program—New Reconstitution Volumes; Confusing/Incomplete Labeling; Illegible Order
3/31/2004	Cases Submitted to USP's Medication Errors Reporting Program—Misleading Labeling; Processing Problem; Potential Abbreviation Error; Poor Packaging Design
2/25/2004	Similar Drug Names Reported to USP's Medication Errors Reporting Program
1/30/2004	Manufacturers Take Actions to Change Product Labeling & Packaging
1/30/2004	Cases Submitted to USP's Medication Errors Reporting Program
11/25/2003	Similar Product Name Abbreviations
10/23/2003	Similar Drug Names Continue to Be Reported
9/30/2003	Dangerous Mix Up With BP Monitor & IV Port
8/29/2003	Barr Recalls Nortrel® 7/7/7
7/01/2003	Ben Venue/Bedford Labs Changes Acetazolamide Labeling
6/17/2003	Atrovent® & Peanut Allergy
6/03/2003	Kaopectate® Reformulated
5/27/2003	Follow-Up to Ophthalmic Labeling Change
8/02/2002	Medication Error Involving Insulin Attributed to Poor Handwriting
6/17/2002	Timentin®—Confusion Between 3.1 gram & 31 gram Vials
5/08/2002	Ophthalmic Products Similar Packaging/Labeling Initiates Changes
3/15/2002	Dispensing Errors Involving Lamictal and Lamisil
8/08/2001	Eye Lubricant Ignites During Laser Surgery
8/08/2001	Multiple Drugs Including "Intensol™" in Name Causes Dangerous Confusion
7/25/2001	Medication Error Deaths Reported: Combinations of Unfractionated and Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin
7/25/2001	Rapamune™ Packaging Leads to Practitioner Confusion and Errors
6/19/2001	Community Hospital Files Report Concerning Medical Gas Tanks That Were Mislabeled
6/14/2001	JCAHO Alert Highlights USP's List of Look-alike, Sound-alike Drug Names
6/14/2001	Labeling for PEG-Intron™ May Cause Confusion
4/18/2001	Use Caution, Avoid Confusion—Updated Similar Drug Name List Available
3/30/2001	Dispensing Errors with Depakote®: New Formulation Creates Confusion
2/06/2001	Lamictal—Similar Name Error Alert
1/11/2001	Implementation of Bentyl® Label Change
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