BMJ 2008;336:981 (3 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.39560.554722.DB
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Icons developed to cut drug errors
Susan Mayor
1 London
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French researchers have developed a new drug information system based on symbols inspired by road signs in an effort to reduce prescribing errors (BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008;8:16; doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-16).
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The system, Visualisation des Connaissances Médicales, uses a small set of graphical signs that can be combined to build simple sentences to provide information on a drug, such as its side effects, interactions, or contraindications.
Testing of the system with a group of volunteer GPs showed that they read the signs significantly faster than the equivalent text, with fewer errors.
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