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Ability of practitioners to identify solid oral dosage tablets.

Gordon D Schiff1, Seijeoung Kim, Andrew C Seger

  • 1Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, John Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. gdschiff@aol.com

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
|April 28, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Physicians and pharmacists struggle to identify common oral tablets, with significant errors in recognizing generic forms. Most healthcare professionals desire a universal imprint coding system for better medication identification.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Pharmacology
  • Patient Safety

Background:

  • Accurate identification of oral dosage forms is critical for safe medication administration.
  • Current methods for identifying unknown oral medications may be insufficient for healthcare professionals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the accuracy of physicians and pharmacists in identifying commonly used oral tablets.
  • To evaluate healthcare professionals' experiences and views on existing medication identification resources.

Main Methods:

  • A tablet-identification exercise was conducted with 100 physicians and pharmacists from two urban teaching hospitals.
  • Participants identified three common oral tablets using their usual available resources.
  • Surveys gathered data on participants' experiences and preferences for medication identification tools.

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Main Results:

  • Overall, tablets were correctly identified in only 63% of observations.
  • Brand-name tablets were identified more accurately (78%) than generic (64%) and nonprescription generic (48%) tablets.
  • A majority of participants (77%) were dissatisfied with current identification systems and 91% favored a universal imprint coding system.

Conclusions:

  • Physicians and pharmacists demonstrate a significant deficit in accurately identifying common oral tablets.
  • The accuracy of identification varies by tablet type, with generic forms posing a greater challenge.
  • There is a strong consensus among healthcare professionals for the implementation of a standardized oral dosage form identification system.