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Tall man lettering is one such technique. labels and bins, and medication records by highlighting, through bold face, color, and/or tall man letters, the parts of the names that are different (e.g.
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Some respondents also reported seeing a decrease in errors after implementing tall man letters; however, as one respondent pointed out, many times other strategies are also implemented to reduce the risk of mix-ups, so the effect may be related to a “bundle” of risk-reduction strategies, one of which is the use of tall man letters. 0000003316 00000 n
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For further information refer to National Tall Man Lettering List 2017 available on the Commission’s website. The spheres, which have come to be considered the Tall Man's signature weapons, contain (and are apparently controlled by) the shrunken brains removed from the Lurkers. Semua produk ubat-ubatan di Malaysia perlu berdaftar dengan Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) terlebih dahulu sebelum dipasarkan kepada pengguna termasuklah produk-produk yang dibuat di luar negara. Specifically, our recommendation is to employ the use of bolded tall man letters as listed in the FDA and ISMP lists for selected drug names in use in your practice setting. 0000531774 00000 n
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published a study of the impact of tall man lettering when displaying labels with look-alike drug names.A recently published time series analysis by Zhong et al. 0000034968 00000 n
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In 2014, Or and Chan studied the effects of various text enhancement methods (tall man letters, bolding, larger lowercase letters, lowercase red lettering) on the task of determining if two drug names were the same or different. We reviewed each suggestion carefully while considering all risk factors and the need to keep the list short enough to avoid diluting the effectiveness of tall man letters. However, it would be tragic to abandon this important safety initiative simply because the evidence is inconclusive, particularly given the limitations of available studies. 28 0 obj <>
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For example, in tall man lettering, "prednisone" and "prednisolone" should be written "predniSONE" and "predniSOLONE", respectively. 0000579006 00000 n
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Tall man lettering (tall-man lettering or tallman lettering) is the practice of writing part of a drug's name in upper case letters to help distinguish sound-alike, look-alike drugs from one another in order to avoid medication errors. 0000028484 00000 n
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Having physicians write prescriptions using both the brand and generic names.
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