Rölfing Jan Hendrik Duedal
Ortopædisk Forskningslaboratorium, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Nørrebrogade 44, bygning 1A, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Ugeskr Laeger. 2012 Aug 27;174(35):1978-9.
Generic substitution is a major cause of medical mistakes in the general population. Danish legislation obligates pharmacies to substitute prescribed medicine with the cheapest equivalent formulation, despite variations in product name, packaging, shape and colour. Consequently, medical mistakes occur. Scientific evidence on the consequences of generic substitution is sparse. Call upon fellow health workers to report medical mistakes to the national entities and scientific peers, in order to increase awareness and scientific evidence about the problem.
