Analysis of Questionnaire on Appearance Similarity of PTP Sheets

Akira Izumiya; Yoshitaka Ootsuki; Masaomi Kimura; Michiko Ohkura; Toshio Takaike; Fumito Tsuchiya

doi:10.1201/EBK1439834978-30

Analysis of Questionnaire on Appearance Similarity of PTP Sheets

Akira Izumiya, Yoshitaka Ootsuki, Masaomi Kimura, Michiko Ohkura, Toshio Takaike, Fumito Tsuchiya

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Abstract

In recent years in Japan, an increasing number of malpractice cases have been reported, more than half of which are related to drug labels or packages [1]. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is now using a similar name search engine to ban new names for medicines that resemble existing names. However, no such action has addressed the issue of appearance similarity. We carried out a questionnaire evaluation with 412 pharmacists. They looked at images of imaginary PTP sheets and then replied with the names of real medicines having PTP sheets that they thought resembled the displayed sheets in appearance. This article presents our analysis of the results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	228-238
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781439834985
ISBN (Print)	9781138113312
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/EBK1439834978-30
Publication status	Published - 2010 Jan 1

Keywords

Appearance similarity
Evaluation method
Medical accident
PTP sheet

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