tPA
Tissue plasminogen activator; Activase (alteplase)
What tPA stands for
tPA is a medical abbreviation for tissue plasminogen activator; activase (alteplase) - written out in full as “Tissue plasminogen activator or alteplase”. TermDecode files it under medication abbreviations.
Risk
ISMP lists TPA/tPA as error-prone: tissue plasminogen activator may be mistaken as TNK, TXA, or another tissue plasminogen activator.
Safer Alternative
Write the complete drug name
Seen in context
tPA mistaken as TNK or TXA
Sources
The risk description and safer alternative above are reproduced from these published lists.
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