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Abstract

Despite recent developments in the inventory management, introduction of electronic drug trolleys and cabinets,color coding of the filled syringes and many more interventions, medication errors could not be eliminated. Themost common of these are syringe swap and human errors regarding wrong drug administration due to look-alikedrug containers or sound-alike names of the drugs belonging to diverse groups. Many of the fatalities, that occurin third world countries due to these causes, go unnoticed and unregistered. This special article complements twospecial editorials on the same topic by Professor Joseph D. Tobias et al and Professor Robert Stoelting, a casereport, a patient’s perspective and a ‘Cliniquiz’ being published in the current issue of the journal. It discussessalient features of this issue as well as preventive measures and recommendations