Improving Medication Label Readability and Functionality: The Children's Wisconsin Experience
by Brianne K. Bakken, PharmD, MHA, Megan Ose, PharmD, MHA, Emily E. Hansen, PharmD
"Medication errors cause 134 million adverse events annually, costing $42 billion and contributing to 2.6 million deaths.1 The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) attributes 33% of all medication errors and 30% of fatalities from medication errors in the United States to poor medication labeling and packaging.2 The ISMP has identified several factors related to medication labeling that contribute to medication errors. Such factors include small and illegible fonts, inconsistent label content and organization, and having multiple labels associated with a single medication."
Keywords: Pharmaceutical Preparations, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Goals, Comprehension, African Americans, Patient, Admission, Syringes, Workflow, Electronic Health Records ,Wisconsin, Inpatients, Color Vision Defects, Personal Satisfaction, Child Advocacy, Tertiary Healthcare, Trauma Centers, Medication Errors, Pharmacy, Electronic Data Processing, Community Health Services, Patient Compliance, Reference Standards, Primary Health Care, Hypersensitivity, Hospitals, Teaching, Ambulatory Care, Counseling
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2021 May/June Table of Contents
"Medication errors cause 134 million adverse events annually, costing $42 billion and contributing to 2.6 million deaths.1 The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) attributes 33% of all medication errors and 30% of fatalities from medication errors in the United States to poor medication labeling and packaging.2 The ISMP has identified several factors related to medication labeling that contribute to medication errors. Such factors include small and illegible fonts, inconsistent label content and organization, and having multiple labels associated with a single medication."
Keywords: Pharmaceutical Preparations, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Goals, Comprehension, African Americans, Patient, Admission, Syringes, Workflow, Electronic Health Records ,Wisconsin, Inpatients, Color Vision Defects, Personal Satisfaction, Child Advocacy, Tertiary Healthcare, Trauma Centers, Medication Errors, Pharmacy, Electronic Data Processing, Community Health Services, Patient Compliance, Reference Standards, Primary Health Care, Hypersensitivity, Hospitals, Teaching, Ambulatory Care, Counseling
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2021 May/June Table of Contents