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Supplemental Names File

Some medication errors are caused by the confusing abbreviations and acronyms associated with many drugs. When used in conjunction with the Master Drug Data Base v2.5 (MDDB®), Supplemental Names File can minimize such mistakes.

The file provides descriptive names for drugs that MDDB® users can customize for display or printing, and it enables users to avoid prohibited abbreviations and acronyms, based on Joint Commission (JC) and Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recommendations. It eliminates "unsafe" abbreviations, including: U (confused with 0), IU (confused with IV) and cc (confused with 00), among others.

FEATURES

  • Links from National Drug Code, Generic Product Identifier to an associated Drug Descriptor ID (DDID), which allows drugs to be specified either by brand or generic name
  • Specifies drug name, route of administration, dose form, strength and strength unit of measure as individual attributes of the DDID
  • TALL MAN lettering
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Medi-Span®, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, is the leading provider of prescription drug information and drug interactions databases for thousands of health care professionals worldwide. With more than 30 years experience, Medi-Span continues to offer authoritative adverse drug reactions information and drug contraindications data in a variety of formats, including clinical decision support and disease suite modules, application programming interfaces and stand-alone software applications. Price Rx®, a Medi-Span product, offers drug pricing information for drug pricing analysis, formularly management and drug utilization review. In conjunction with superior implementation and experienced customer support, the Medi-Span product line is the perfect choice for those needing accurate, trusted drug data that easily integrates into existing software applications.