The 2021 Prescrire Awards for Drugs and Information will be published in English in the March 2022 edition of Prescrire International, with advance publication on the english.prescrire.org website.

The causes of these errors include: unconjugated vaccines having more explicit brand names than the conjugate vaccine; lack of awareness of the differences in efficacy between the two types of vaccines in childhood; and insufficiently informative labelling

The identification of error-prone packaging by ISMP España is truly an exceptional and consistent work; and also an effective way to get the message across bit.ly/3vs9P03

Risky communication in a foreign language - Read on in English, as provided by IVM to the International Medication Safety Network (IMSN): bit.ly/38EsSuE

10 years ago, Prescrire concluded that thorough and repeated training of healthcare professionals, patients and their carers in the use of an autoinjector is the main preventive measure against handling errors bit.ly/3l8Qsmw

Fully supported since the December 2021 Revue Prescrire issue, translated in Prescrire International March 2022 issue bit.ly/3LOTzL5 "Confusing tranexamic acid for a local anaesthetic: fatal spinal injections" Prescrire International 2022;31(235):75-76.

Packaging and presentation well designed to prevent overdose, as long as instructions are followed.

Capsaicin: allergy in healthcare professionals. When applying and removing patches, patients and caregivers are exposed to airborne capsaicin: one more reason to keep them out of care. Prescrire International 2022; 31 (235) 76. Prescrire International

Prescrire aussi s'époumone à alerter, ici bit.ly/3BgygAv , et là bit.ly/3OzvoBR Prescrire

A particulary useful source on medication safety and proactive arguments for preventing medication errors Prescrire International Have a look too on the publications issued by the International Medication Safety Network IMSN members bit.ly/3bcK9ge

Choosing quality packaging for safer care. In 2021, Prescrire analysed 190 drug packages: there were a few signs of progress, but all too often, it is not until errors are reported to the agencies after marketing that a package is finally improved Prescrire International

Lithium needs to be carefully dosed since there is a very narrow margin between the therapeutic dose and the appearance of sometimes severe adverse effects bit.ly/3dbhedt Prescrire International

Drug shortages result in substandard care and adverse events, sometimes causing serious harm, particularly with cytotoxic drugs. Errors, some of which were fatal, occur when a different product is provided to replace the unobtainable product Prescrire International bit.ly/3xVdp32

Sur le modèle de l'organisation hospitalière qd il y a de la préparation de dose nominative

Une réelle avancée en l'absence d'incitation, relevée par Prescrire dans "Enfin un référentiel de "bonnes pratiques" de dispensation à l'officine" Rev Prescrire 2017 ; 37 (406) : 575-576.

See also the position statement issued by the International Medication Safety Network IMSN (International Medication Safety Network) calling for greater worldwide attention to the problem of unsafe design of vaccine packaging and labelling bit.ly/3FEyVh3

The International Medication Safety Network also mourns the death of David Cousins. Paying him the tribute he deserves, prominently displayed on intmedsafe.net, we can measure the extent of his contribution to numerous advances in the prevention of medication errors

Insulin-related errors in computer entry can be due to confusion between brand names, or inappropriate prescription or dispensing software, or confusion between %s of insulin in the brand name and the dose. A long-standing observation Prescrire International bit.ly/43ylgkf

Marketing isomers: a potentially harmful optical illusion, leading to dosing errors when both the enantiomer and the racemate are available on the market

Les victimes d'effets indésirables graves de médicaments continuent à éprouver de grandes difficultés à être reconnues comme telles. Il est temps d'agir. prescrire.org/Fr/1/507/49888…