Guideline to Develop the Process of Look-Alike Sound-Alike Medicines Preparing for Phamacy Staff at Nakhon Pathom Hospital

Abstract

Look-Alike Sound-Alike (LASA) drugs preparing process. is still a continuous problem of medication errors. The purpose were (1) to study the LASA drug preparing factors of pharmacy staff (2) to study the guideline for development of LASA drug preparing. The quantitative research was conducted on the population of 78 staffs. This study used 26 questions with 1-5 Likert’s scale questionnaire: drug preparing, drug, environmental and personal factor. Data was analyzed using frequency, mean and standard deviation. The qualitative research was conducted on sample group of three pharmacists by using the interview form. Inductive conclusion, description and content analysis are used for data analysis. The data given from April, 2021. The results were the minimum mean were drug preparing factor and daily employee. The suggestions of guidelines to develop drugs preparing process that there were three phases: on urgent phase were drug preparing, environmental and drug management, intermediate phase was personal management and long term phase was system management. Therefore, the process reviewing may be needed to encourage the evident practice.