Look Alike Medications
To improve the safety of Look alike drugs in the health care system it should be stored separately with proper labeling YELLOW color label and verified before dispensing and administering.
When administering the Look alike medications to the patients double checking method is avoiding the medication error and improving the patient safety.
Look Alike Medications :
Look alike medications are categorized into according to the drug classification.
02. Inj : Calcium gluconate Inj : Potassium chloride
03. Inj : Dopamine Inj : Dobutamine
04. Inj : Dopamine Inj : Nitroglycerine
05. Inj : Metrogyl Inj : Cifran
06. Inj : Etomidate Inj : Propofol
07. Inj : Levipil Inj : Sodium Valparate
08. Inj : Loxicard 2% 50ML Inj : Lox2%
09. Inj : Frusemide Inj : Magnesium sulphate
10. Inj : Vasopressin Inj : Tetanus toxoid
11. Inj : Dextrose 25% Inj : Ns 100 ML
