| Autor: |
Dr. Kamal Saini, Sahay, Priya, Dr. Brajesh Kumar, Dr. Shambaditya Goswami, Dr. Shujah Azam, Singh, Prashant |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| DOI: |
10.5281/zenodo.7438355 |
| Popis: |
Objective: A prescription auditing is a quality improvement or health care improvement process. A prospective observational study about prescription auditing in a tertiary care teaching hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted over a period of 3 months from March 2022 to May 2022. A total 136 numbers of prescriptions were randomly selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study. Prescriptions were taken and analyzed as per the WHO “core prescribing indicators” Result: A total 136 prescription were audit in this particular time period of the study. A total numbers of 718 drugs prescribed out of 136 prescriptions. The average number of drugs/prescription is found to be 5.279.There are total 14 parameters were assessed according to the checklist provided by the hospital during the study or audit of 136 cases. Therefore total 1967 counts out of which 865(44%) counts were compliance, 643(33%) counts were non-compliance and 459(23%) counts were not applicable, maximum number of problem facing in capital letter of drugs were 109, time of prescription were 95 and illegible handwriting were 82 during the prescription auditing. A total number of 718 drugs prescribed in 136 prescriptions during the treatment of the diseases. A maximum number of four drugs were prescribed per prescription in 35 prescriptions, 31 had five drugs and 21 had six drugs per prescription. Conclusion: The study concludes that prescription auditing is very important for the improvement of patient health care and reduces the medical errors as well as prescribing errors and dispensing errors. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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