Magnification to avoid medication errors

Abstract

With improved magnification, the average time taken was 6.06 s/drug and 7 out of 20 subjects improved across the 10 readings, 5 subjects improved over 9 readings, and 4 subjects improved over 8 readings. [...]improvement was seen in 16 (80%) subjects when improvement in more than 8 readings was considered. In our study, the speed at which a drug was identified improved considerably when a magnifying glass was used. [...]the accuracy of the readings improved dramatically with magnification.