Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name-Short case series

N Mamunuwa¹, S Jayamanne², N Wijekoon³, J Coombes⁴, D Perera⁵, T Shanika⁶, F Mohamed^{7

8}, C Lynch⁹, A De Silva¹⁰, A Dawson⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences The Open University of Sri Lanka Jaffna Sri Lanka.
² Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya Ragama Sri Lanka.
³ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura Nugegoda Sri Lanka.
⁴ School of Pharmacy University of Queensland Brisbane Australia.
⁵ Department of Pharmacy Austin Health Melbourne Australia.
⁶ Department of Allied Health Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura Nugegoda Sri Lanka.
⁷ Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences University of Peradeniya Peradeniya Sri Lanka.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney Sydney Australia.
⁹ Collaboration of Australian Sri Lankan Pharmacy Practice Education Research (CASPPER) Brisbane Australia.
¹⁰ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya Ragama Sri Lanka.

PMID: 37720712
PMCID: PMC10502196
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.7795

Case Reports

Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name-Short case series

N Mamunuwa et al. Clin Case Rep. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 14;11(9):e7795.

doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7795. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Authors

N Mamunuwa¹, S Jayamanne², N Wijekoon³, J Coombes⁴, D Perera⁵, T Shanika⁶, F Mohamed^{7

8}, C Lynch⁹, A De Silva¹⁰, A Dawson⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences The Open University of Sri Lanka Jaffna Sri Lanka.
² Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya Ragama Sri Lanka.
³ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura Nugegoda Sri Lanka.
⁴ School of Pharmacy University of Queensland Brisbane Australia.
⁵ Department of Pharmacy Austin Health Melbourne Australia.
⁶ Department of Allied Health Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Sri Jayewardenepura Nugegoda Sri Lanka.
⁷ Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences University of Peradeniya Peradeniya Sri Lanka.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine University of Sydney Sydney Australia.
⁹ Collaboration of Australian Sri Lankan Pharmacy Practice Education Research (CASPPER) Brisbane Australia.
¹⁰ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya Ragama Sri Lanka.

PMID: 37720712
PMCID: PMC10502196
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.7795

Abstract

Confusion of drug names has been identified as a leading cause of medication errors and potential iatrogenic harm. Most of these errors occur because of look-alike or sound-alike drugs. This case series gives examples of duplication errors due to brand confusion, where there are no similarities in the names.

Keywords: brand confusion; duplication errors; medication errors.

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Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name-Short case series

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Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name-Short case series

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