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The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names
Visual errors in the perception of written drug names can reflect orthographic similarity amongst certain names. Drug names are typically printed in lowercase text. ‘Tall Man’ lettering, the capitalisation of the portions that differ amongst orthographically similar drug names, is employed in the fi...
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| author | Iain T. Darker David Gerret Ruth Filik Kevin Purdy Alastair Gale |
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| description | Visual errors in the perception of written drug names can reflect orthographic similarity amongst certain names. Drug names are typically printed in lowercase text. ‘Tall Man’ lettering, the capitalisation of the portions that differ amongst orthographically similar drug names, is employed in the field of medication labelling and prescribing to reduce medication errors by highlighting the area most likely to prevent confusion. The influence of textual format on visual drug name perception was tested amongst healthcare professionals (n = 133) using the Reicher-Wheeler task. Relative to lowercase text, Tall Man lettering improved accuracy in drug name perception. However, an equivalent improvement in accuracy was obtained using entirely uppercase text. Thus, character size may be a key determinant of perceptual accuracy for Tall Man lettering. Specific considerations for the manner in which Tall Man lettering might be best formatted and implemented in practice to reduce medication errors are discussed. |
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| spelling | rr-article-94014382011-01-01T00:00:00Z The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names Iain T. Darker (7168067) David Gerret (7168154) Ruth Filik (341559) Kevin Purdy (7149809) Alastair Gale (1258077) Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified Drug name Medication error Reading Tall Man lettering Visual perception Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified Visual errors in the perception of written drug names can reflect orthographic similarity amongst certain names. Drug names are typically printed in lowercase text. ‘Tall Man’ lettering, the capitalisation of the portions that differ amongst orthographically similar drug names, is employed in the field of medication labelling and prescribing to reduce medication errors by highlighting the area most likely to prevent confusion. The influence of textual format on visual drug name perception was tested amongst healthcare professionals (n = 133) using the Reicher-Wheeler task. Relative to lowercase text, Tall Man lettering improved accuracy in drug name perception. However, an equivalent improvement in accuracy was obtained using entirely uppercase text. Thus, character size may be a key determinant of perceptual accuracy for Tall Man lettering. Specific considerations for the manner in which Tall Man lettering might be best formatted and implemented in practice to reduce medication errors are discussed. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/15402 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_influence_of_Tall_Man_lettering_on_errors_of_visual_perception_in_the_recognition_of_written_drug_names/9401438 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified Drug name Medication error Reading Tall Man lettering Visual perception Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified Iain T. Darker David Gerret Ruth Filik Kevin Purdy Alastair Gale The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names |
| title | The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names |
| title_full | The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names |
| title_fullStr | The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names |
| title_short | The influence of 'Tall Man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names |
| title_sort | influence of 'tall man' lettering on errors of visual perception in the recognition of written drug names |
| topic | Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified Drug name Medication error Reading Tall Man lettering Visual perception Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/15402 |