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<journal-id>1699-714X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la OFIL ]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. OFIL·ILAPHAR]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1699-714X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Organización de Farmacéuticos Ibero-Latinoamericanos]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1699-714X2023000100013</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4321/s1699-714x2023000100013</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Disminución de errores de medicación Look-Alike Sound-Alike, mediante la implementación de estrategias preventivas en una clínica de III nivel Barranquilla-Colombia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Decrease in Look-Alike Sound-Alike, medication errors through the implementation of preventive strategies in a third level clinic from Barranquilla-Colombia]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castro-Bolívar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JF]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arroyo-Monterroza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[DA]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barroso-Aguas]]></surname>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nuñez-Molina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JH]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gamarra-Ramos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[CE]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Atlántico Facultad de Química y Farmacia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barranquilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Grupo de Investigación en Farmacia Asistencial y Farmacología (GIFAF)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>70</fpage>
<lpage>78</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1699-714X2023000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1699-714X2023000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1699-714X2023000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Los medicamentos Look-Alike and Sound-Alike (LASA) son frecuentemente causantes de errores de medicación en el proceso de dispensación, con importantes repercusiones desde el punto de vista humano, asistencial y económico. Objetivo: Determinar la disminución de tasa de estos errores de medicación LASA, posterior a la implementación de estrategias de prevención en una clínica de tercer nivel en Barranquilla, Colombia.  Método: La investigación fue de tipo experimental, prospectivo; el periodo de estudio fue de 3 meses (enero-marzo 2021); el criterio de inclusión para el estudio fueron los medicamentos del listado básico de medicamentos LASA y los errores de medicación ocasionados por estos. Se implementaron estrategias de prevención de errores tipo LASA, se cuantificó y comparó los errores de medicación presentados antes y después de la implementación de las estrategias.  Resultados: En la etapa de pre-implementación de las estrategias se dispensaron 24.300 medicamentos, entre los cuales se presentaron 80 (0,33%) errores de medicación por medicamentos LASA. En la etapa de post-implementación se dispensaron 23.760 medicamentos, y se presentaron 48 (0,20%) errores de medicación por medicamentos LASA, evidenciando una reducción significativa (P-valor: 0,0366314; IC: 95%). Los medicamentos con mismo principio activo y diferente concentración fueron los de mayor incidencia de errores de medicación en el Servicio Farmacéutico, con 37 errores en la etapa de pre-implementación y 19 errores en la etapa de post-implementación.  Conclusión: La reducción de la tasa de errores de medicación fue del 40% al implementar las estrategias propuestas, lo que demuestra su efectividad y su potencial para ofrecer una atención más segura y de mayor calidad a los pacientes, a bajo costo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Look-Alike and Sound-Alike (LASA) drugs are frequently the cause of medication errors in the dispensing process, with important repercussions from the human, healthcare and economic point of view. Objective: To determine the decrease in the rate of these LASA medication errors, after the implementation of prevention strategies in a third-level clinic in Barranquilla, Colombia.  Method: The research was experimental, prospective; the study period was 3 months (January-March 2021); the inclusion criteria for the study were drugs from the clinic's basic list of drugs that were LASA and the medication errors caused by these. LASA error prevention strategies were implemented; the medication errors presented before and after the implementation of the strategies were quantified and compared.  Results: In the pre-implementation stage of the strategies, 24,300 medications were dispensed, among which there were 80 (0.33%) medication errors due to LASA medications. In the post-implementation stage, 23,760 medications were dispensed, and 48 (0.20%) medication errors occurred due to LASA medications, showing a significant reduction (P-valor: 0.0366314; IC: 95%). Medicines with the same active ingredient and different concentrations were those with the highest incidence of medication errors in the Pharmaceutical Service, with 37 errors in the pre-implementation stage and 19 errors in the post-implementation stage.  Conclusion: The reduction in the rate of medication errors was 40% after implementing the proposed strategies, which demonstrates their effectiveness and their potential to offer a safer and higher quality care to patients, at low cost.]]></p></abstract>
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