Confusion between valGANciclovir (Valcyte®) and vALAcyclovir  (Valtrex®)

Laure-Zoé Kaestli; Caroline Fonzo-Christe; Pascal Bonnabry; Klara M Posfay-Barbe

doi:10.4414/smw.2012.13639

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Vol. 142 No. 2930 (2012)

Confusion between valGANciclovir (Valcyte®) and vALAcyclovir (Valtrex®)

Laure-Zoé Kaestli
Caroline Fonzo-Christe
Pascal Bonnabry
Klara M Posfay-Barbe

Cite this as:: Swiss Med Wkly. 2012;142:w13639
Published: 15.07.2012

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Hoffman JM, Proulx SM. Medication errors caused by confusion of drug names. Drug Safety. 2003;26:445–52.
Kundig F. Médicaments look-alike, sound-alike: un enjeu important dans le domaine de l’infectiologie. Rev Med Suisse. 2011;7:1955–61.
Cohen MR, Smetzer JL. ISMP Medication Error Report Analysis. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:937–8.
Sound-alike and Look-Alike. Quick Alert 2010;14 (Fondation pour la sécurité des patients http://www.patientensicherheit.ch/fr/publications/Quick-Alerts.html, consulted 17.06.12)
Institute for Safe Medication Practices ISMP’s List of Confused Names. http://www.ismp.org/tools/confuseddrugnames.pdf (consulted 17.06.12)
Michaels M, et al. Treatment of children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection with ganciclovir. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003;22:504–8.
Swiss Compendium Basel: Documed 2012, http://www.kompendium.ch/ (consulted 17.06.12).
GSASA pediatric working group. Unlicensed drugs in pediatric patients: a survey of manufactured and imported drugs in Swiss hospitals. http://pharmacie.hug-ge.ch/rd/posters/JFSPH2010_unlicensed_pediatrie_cf.pdf (consulted 17.06.12).
GSASA pediatric working group. Unlicensed drugs for children: a risk of treatment delay hospital discharge in Switzerland? http://pharmacie.hug-ge.ch/rd/posters/GSASA2011_unlicensed_drugs.pdf (consulted 17.06.12)

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[1] Hoffman JM, Proulx SM. Medication errors caused by confusion of drug names. Drug Safety. 2003;26:445–52.

[2] Kundig F. Médicaments look-alike, sound-alike: un enjeu important dans le domaine de l’infectiologie. Rev Med Suisse. 2011;7:1955–61.

[3] Cohen MR, Smetzer JL. ISMP Medication Error Report Analysis. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:937–8.

[4] Sound-alike and Look-Alike. Quick Alert 2010;14 (Fondation pour la sécurité des patients http://www.patientensicherheit.ch/fr/publications/Quick-Alerts.html, consulted 17.06.12)

[5] Institute for Safe Medication Practices ISMP’s List of Confused Names. http://www.ismp.org/tools/confuseddrugnames.pdf (consulted 17.06.12)

[6] Michaels M, et al. Treatment of children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection with ganciclovir. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003;22:504–8.

[7] Swiss Compendium Basel: Documed 2012, http://www.kompendium.ch/ (consulted 17.06.12).

[8] GSASA pediatric working group. Unlicensed drugs in pediatric patients: a survey of manufactured and imported drugs in Swiss hospitals. http://pharmacie.hug-ge.ch/rd/posters/JFSPH2010_unlicensed_pediatrie_cf.pdf (consulted 17.06.12).

[9] GSASA pediatric working group. Unlicensed drugs for children: a risk of treatment delay hospital discharge in Switzerland? http://pharmacie.hug-ge.ch/rd/posters/GSASA2011_unlicensed_drugs.pdf (consulted 17.06.12)