GOOD PRESCRIPTION: A FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE PREVENTION OF THE MEDICATION ERRORS

Autor: Balaji Jagannath Jadhav, Y. S. Nandanwar
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH. :18-20
DOI: 10.36106/ijar/1000786
Popis: STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of 100 prescriptions of medications. RESULTS: Only 32% prescriptions were had generic names of medications. Right dose and right frequency of medications were missing in 14% and 35% respectively. Ten percent of prescriptions were having illegible handwriting. History of allergy to any was noted in 25% of prescriptions. CONCLUSIONS: Even though Medical Council of India proposed standard prescription format; prescription errors are found to be very common.
Databáze: OpenAIRE