Look-Alike / Sound-Alike Medicines — Facility List Template
Your own list, from your own formulary, reviewed yearly. With the WHO-recommended pairs to start from and the safeguards for each
What it is
A template for the facility's own LASA list: the pair, why they are confused, where they are stored, and the safeguard applied (TALLman lettering, separated storage, alert label, brand/generic rule).
Where to use it
Pharmacy; posted in every drug room; reviewed when the formulary changes and at least yearly. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (LASA management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (LASA management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (LASA management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (LASA management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (LASA management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (LASA management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (LASA management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (LASA management). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 4 — medication safety (LASA management).
Translate and adapt
English master edition. Georgian and other translations are added as they are clinically reviewed. Any facility may translate, add its logo and adapt wording to local practice — keeping the ASF block, the source attribution and the licence line on the sheet. Clinical thresholds and drug doses must be confirmed against national protocols before use.
The same code is printed on the tool itself. Scan it in any facility to reach this page.
My Medicines — Patient Card
High-Alert Medicines — Double-Check Before You Give
Medication Reconciliation — Admission and Discharge
Medication Error and Near-Miss Report