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Here is some sample content from Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Medication Management:

	POLICY: It is the policy of this healthcare organization to maintain a list of look-alike, sound-alike drugs used in the organization, and to implement measures to prevent errors involving the interchange of these drugs. Ten 10 pairs of look-alike, sound-alike medications shall be chosen from the list provided by the Joint Commission to be compliant with National Patient Safety Goal #3, Requirement C. Additional look-alike, sound-alike medications may be chosen, in addition to the 10 pairs from the Joint Commission list. PROCEDURE: The Pharmacy Services Department, in conjunction with...
Second excerpt:
	...The Institute for Safe Medication Practices ISMP has identified medications that have the potential for erroneous interchange due to their look-alike, sound-alike nature. While not every medication on the list may require special management, all individuals that manage or utilize medications in any manner should become familiar with the drugs identified by ISMP and should be aware of the potential for error due to the...