Duplication errors due to brand name confusion; It is not always the name—Short case series

Abstract

Key Clinical Message Confusion of drug names has been identified as a leading cause of medication errors and potential iatrogenic harm. Most of these errors occur because of look‐alike or sound‐alike drugs. This case series gives examples of duplication errors due to brand confusion, where there are no similarities in the names.

Keywords

• brand confusion
• duplication errors
• medication errors