De gevaren van look-alike verpakkingen in de anesthesie

21 december 2017

This article discusses the problem of similar packaging of intravenous drugs. The problem is compounded in anaesthesia as the drugs being mostly intravenous. Look-alike ampoules and vials are a reality; simply because there are so few designs and colours to choose from and so many injectable drugs to dispense.
About 1/3 of all cases of confusing medication correlates with similar packaging and labelling of drugs, at the same time 50% of all cases of confusing medication is due to poor performance of qualified staff. Many articles are available documenting the hazards of look-alike drug labels. An article about this problem was published in the Asian Journal of Anesthesiology.
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