Safety
Medication

AZT

Zidovudine

High risk

Risk

ISMP lists AZT as error-prone: zidovudine may be mistaken as azithromycin, azathioprine, or aztreonam.

Safer Alternative

Write "zidovudine"

Example

AZT confused with azathioprine

Sources

https://online.ecri.org/hubfs/ISMP/Resources/ISMP_ErrorProneAbbreviation_List.pdf