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September 7, 2012Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

The Effect of Proximity, Tall Man Lettering, and Time Pressure on Accurate Visual Perception of Drug Names

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Abstract

The widespread use of the alphabetical system in medication storage increases the risk of proximity-based errors in drug selection.

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Irwin et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d744edc74376700bf3122a https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720812457565

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