HERE IS AN UPDATED LIST OF LASA EYE MEDICATION DRUG NAMES THAT YOU SUBMITTED ON OUR SURVEY BELOW:

By William Stratis posted 04-26-2012 13:53

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**NEWS**

Here are some of your survey responses regarding LASA drug name pairs:

tobramycin eye drop vs. ear drop vs. tobradex.

Cyclogyl Cyclomydril

Xalatan and Xalacom (LASA) Cusimolol and Xalacom (LASA) Synalar ótico and Sunalar nasal (administration)

cortisporin (generic) otic susp used for ophth solution

Ciclopentolato

OFLOXACIN OPHTHALMIC SOLUTION VS OTIC SOUTION 5 ML.

naural tears&isoptocarpine e/d

otoflox 0.3% and optoflox..0.3% sante pvt limited karachi..sindh pakistan..(ofloxacin 0.3% generic)

OFLOXACIN 3MG/ML 5ML EAR and Eye DROPS

TROPICAMIDE OPTHALMIC SOLUTION 1% (15ML) CYCLOPENTOLE OPTHALMIC SOLUTION 1% (15)ML

Ofloxacin OPHTHALMIC was prescribed and Ofloxacin OTIC was dispensed.

retisert 0.59mg implant and vitrasert 4.5mg implants (both Bausch & Lomb products)

Cipro Otic dispensed in error instead of Cipro eye drops

dilating drugs

Timolol at different concentrations Xalatan and Xalacom

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timolol hemihydrate (Betimol 0.5% confused with timolol maleate 0.5%

atropine eye drops were confused with atropine eye ointment

brimonidine 0.2% and brimonidine 0.15% falcon

CORTISPORIN OTIC AND CORTISPORIN OPTHALMIC. DOCTORS WILL ORDER THE OPTHALMIC TO BE USED IN EAR AND THAT'S OK, BUT CONFUSING TO NURSES WHO MAY THINK OTIC CAN BE USED IN EYES - BUT IT CANNOT BECAUSE IT CONTAINS ALCOHOL

cyclosporin vs cyclopentolate trusopt vs cosopt

neosporin generic ear drop mistaken for latanaprost eye drop

Ketotifen and Ketorolac

zylet, zymar, zymaxid, xibrom, xalatan, zirgan, zioptix*******

Tobrex dispensed in place of prescribed Tobradex

Vision Blue , Trypan Blue, Methylene Blue

nail glue and topical tears

Isopto Atropine 1% 5 ml Alcon Isopto Homatropine 2% 5 ml Alcon

Hope you found them informational!!!

Please assist the AAEECE Worldwide Patient Safety Initiative (WPSI) to Address Look-Alike Sound-Alike (LASA) Eye and Ear Related Medication Errors by completing our new short survey that will allow us to collect data on LASA medication errors directly from our supporting members which include healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, pharmacists, technicians, etc.) and patients. Just click on the following link which will bring you directly to our survey titled “AAEECE WPSI Survey: Medication Errors/Incidents Involving LASA Eye and Ear Medications” located on Surveymonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7FVF5T7 . This 8 question multiple choice survey may take approximately 3 minutes or less.

It is our intention to share this anonymous data with our supporting organizations, physician organizations, pharmaceutical manufacturers of ophthalmic and otic products, and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to highlight the affects of these LASA errors in different healthcare settings and in patient homes.

Please send the survey description above to your healthcare practioner colleagues so we can collect a large sample of responses from colleagues and supporters throughout the world.

Thank you again.

Sponsored by The American Association of Eye and Ear Centers of Excellence (AAEECE), formerly The American Association of Eye and Ear Hospitals (AAEEH)
*Supported by:
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses (ASORN)
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
PA State Nurses Association (PSNA)
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
The World Association of Eye Hospitals (WAEH)
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP)

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