PRESCRIPTION AUDIT IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS; FACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Objective: To evaluate written prescriptions according to a checklist based on WHO guidelines (prescription audit). To compare prescriptions of senior and junior physicians and to provide data and recommendations. Study Design: Cross-sectional, analytic study. Place and Duration of Study: Pak...

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Autores principales:	Muhammad Wasiullah Khan, Saleh Khurshied, Nawal Khurshid, Rafay Iqbal, M Azeem Khizer, Hammad Ahmed
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2021
Materias:	audit drug outpatient department prescription Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:80aabc5b9d0241ff86db1954581fcae92021-12-02T18:44:47ZPRESCRIPTION AUDIT IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS; FACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS0030-96482411-884210.51253/pafmj.v71i2.2794https://doaj.org/article/80aabc5b9d0241ff86db1954581fcae92021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/2794https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To evaluate written prescriptions according to a checklist based on WHO guidelines (prescription audit). To compare prescriptions of senior and junior physicians and to provide data and recommendations. Study Design: Cross-sectional, analytic study. Place and Duration of Study: Pak Emirates Military Hospital, and Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from March to Aug 2018. Methodology: A total of 205 prescriptions using convenient sampling technique were analyzed according to a checklist based on WHO guidelines for standard prescription writing. Data was analyzed using SPSS-22. Results: Out of total 205 prescriptions, 83 (40%) prescriptions belong to senior and 122 (60%) to junior physicians. Fifty (25%) prescriptions lacked patient name, 49 (24%) lacked age. Gender was mentioned in only 117 (57%) prescriptions. Date, diagnosis and dosage of drug were written in 170 (83%), 172 (84%) and 177 (86%) respectively while dosage form and route of administration were mentioned in 144 (70%) and 102 (50%) respectively. Generic name was written in only 75 (37%) prescriptions. Name and stamp of the doctor were available on 135 (66%) and 125 (61%) prescriptions respectively. A statistically significant association was observed between senior and junior physicians in terms of error in name of patient and dosage form (p=0.002 & 0.005 respectively). Conclusions: Prescriptions were mainly deficient in the generic names of drugs. Route of administration was missing in half of the prescriptions. None of the parameters was totally accurate. Prescriptions from junior physicians had more errors.Muhammad Wasiullah KhanSaleh KhurshiedNawal KhurshidRafay IqbalM Azeem KhizerHammad AhmedArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticleauditdrugoutpatient departmentprescriptionMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 71, Iss 2, Pp 507-11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	audit drug outpatient department prescription Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Muhammad Wasiullah Khan Saleh Khurshied Nawal Khurshid Rafay Iqbal M Azeem Khizer Hammad Ahmed PRESCRIPTION AUDIT IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS; FACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
description	Objective: To evaluate written prescriptions according to a checklist based on WHO guidelines (prescription audit). To compare prescriptions of senior and junior physicians and to provide data and recommendations. Study Design: Cross-sectional, analytic study. Place and Duration of Study: Pak Emirates Military Hospital, and Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from March to Aug 2018. Methodology: A total of 205 prescriptions using convenient sampling technique were analyzed according to a checklist based on WHO guidelines for standard prescription writing. Data was analyzed using SPSS-22. Results: Out of total 205 prescriptions, 83 (40%) prescriptions belong to senior and 122 (60%) to junior physicians. Fifty (25%) prescriptions lacked patient name, 49 (24%) lacked age. Gender was mentioned in only 117 (57%) prescriptions. Date, diagnosis and dosage of drug were written in 170 (83%), 172 (84%) and 177 (86%) respectively while dosage form and route of administration were mentioned in 144 (70%) and 102 (50%) respectively. Generic name was written in only 75 (37%) prescriptions. Name and stamp of the doctor were available on 135 (66%) and 125 (61%) prescriptions respectively. A statistically significant association was observed between senior and junior physicians in terms of error in name of patient and dosage form (p=0.002 & 0.005 respectively). Conclusions: Prescriptions were mainly deficient in the generic names of drugs. Route of administration was missing in half of the prescriptions. None of the parameters was totally accurate. Prescriptions from junior physicians had more errors.
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author	Muhammad Wasiullah Khan Saleh Khurshied Nawal Khurshid Rafay Iqbal M Azeem Khizer Hammad Ahmed
author_facet	Muhammad Wasiullah Khan Saleh Khurshied Nawal Khurshid Rafay Iqbal M Azeem Khizer Hammad Ahmed
author_sort	Muhammad Wasiullah Khan
title	PRESCRIPTION AUDIT IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS; FACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
title_short	PRESCRIPTION AUDIT IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS; FACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
title_full	PRESCRIPTION AUDIT IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS; FACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
title_fullStr	PRESCRIPTION AUDIT IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS; FACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
title_full_unstemmed	PRESCRIPTION AUDIT IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS; FACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
title_sort	prescription audit in outpatient departments of tertiary care hospitals; facts and recommendations
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/80aabc5b9d0241ff86db1954581fcae9
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PRESCRIPTION AUDIT IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS; FACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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