Cross-checking the dermatology prescriptions: A small step with a big impact - A 1-year study

Ganguly, Satyaki; Jaykar, Kranti C; Jha, Abhijeet Kumar; Mallik, Sambeet Kumar

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“…In order to ensure that the prescribed medicines are used correctly, it is imperative that the patients get the intended medicine in the first place. 1 Medication problem is potentially tragic and costly in both human and economic terms, for patients and professionals alike. In health care setting, there are many problems regarding drugs administration which includes errors in prescribing and transcription.…”

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A Study of Prescribing Practices in Outpatient Department of an Apex Tertiary Care Institute of India

Gupta¹,

Siddharth²,

Arya³

2014

International Journal of Research Foundation of Hospital and Healthcare Administration

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Introduction Poor quality prescriptions, besides affecting patient safety, have a deleterious impact on the restricted purse of sick persons, especially those belonging to lower socioeconomic strata. Objective To study the prescribing practices in outpatient departments of an apex tertiary care institute of India. Methodology Descriptive and observational study of randomly taken sample of 300 prescriptions from pharmacy was carried out. Parameters for analysis were selected based on review of literature. Observations Of the total samples analyzed, OPD registration number, date of registration, patients name, gender and department were mentioned in 99.3% of prescriptions. Patient name was mentioned in all the prescriptions and gender was present in 99% prescriptions. Address of the patient was present in only 64.7% (194) prescriptions. 93.7% of the prescriptions were legible. Ninety-seven percent of the prescriptions carried diagnosis or presenting complaints. An average of 2.82 ± 1.77 (median – 3) drugs were prescribed per patient. Only 1.63% (14) prescribed drugs were generic. In our study, antacids (26.33%) followed by the vitamins (24%), analgesics (23.3%), antibiotics (22.8%) and antipyretics (18%) were the most commonly prescribed drugs. Drug strength, drug frequency and drug administration route was mentioned in only 62, 89 and 89% of the total prescriptions. Fifty percent did not carry the duration and mean duration of prescription was 17.75 ± 24.18 days. Signature, name, designation, address, stamp and medical registration number of the physician was mentioned only in 96.7, 7.3, 6.7, 2.7, 0.7 and 0% of the prescriptions respectively. Conclusion The study has brought out the need for sensitization and awareness programes for doctors to improve the quality of prescription-writing and periodic review of prescriptions. How to cite this article Siddharth V, Arya S, Gupta SK. A Study of Prescribing Practices in Outpatient Department of an Apex Tertiary Care Institute of India. Int J Res Foundation Hosp Healthc Adm 2014;2(1):31-35.

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