JCAHO: ASCs must pick 10 look-alike drug names from list
Ambulatory Safety Monitor, August 25, 2004
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Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and office-based surgery practices must choose at least 10 look-alike and sound-alike drug names to place on their watch lists to comply with a new National Patient Safety Goal, according to the JCAHO.
The JCAHO on August 20 released a list of the most problematic look-alike and sound-alike drug combinations. Office-based surgery centers would have to choose at least five combinations from a list specific for office-based practices and five more from either the office-based list or additional names. ASCs would have to do the same, selecting from a list specific to the ambulatory setting.
The JCAHO selected the pairs based on error reports from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, the U.S. Pharmacopeia, and the Food and Drug Administration, the accreditor said. For a look at the JCAHO list, go to www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/patient+safety/05+npsg/look_alike_sound_alike_drugs_list.pdf
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