Medication error due to ambiguous labelling of a commercial product

Pharmacy World and Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-11

  Guchelaar, Henk Jan ^a   Kalmeijer, Mathijs D ^b   Jansen, Minke E P ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Labelling; Medication errors; Valaciclovir

Indexed keywords

VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; SARCOIDOSIS; TABLET;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG LABELING; DRUG PACKAGING; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; VALINE;

EID: 1342322959     PISSN: 09281231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHAR.0000013517.84814.58     Document Type: Article

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