JCAHO revises look-alike/sound-alike list
Accreditation Connection, August 21, 2006
The JCAHO has updated its look-alike/sound-alike drug list for the first time in several years.
The 13-page document affects the hospital, critical-access hopsital, ambulatory, office-based surgery, behavioral healthcare, assisted living, disease-specific care, home care, and long-term care accreditation programs.
Adhering to the list complies with National Patient Safety Goal #3c: Identify and, at a minimum, annually review a list of look-alike/sound-alike drugs used by the organization, and take action to prevent errors involving the interchange of these drugs.
Click here to view the list on the JCAHO's Web site.
Briefings on JCAHO, this e-zine's parent newsletter, will have a story about the look-alike/sound-alike changes in its October issue.
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