An audit of outpatient prescriptions and drug use pattern at a tertiary care centre of Central India
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective A cross sectional observational survey to assess the drug use pattern and habit of writing rational prescription followed by a feedback to the prescribers to ensure the best practice in writing prescriptionsMaterials and Methods Prescriptions were analyzed in the month of January 2016 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal MP India using the WHO core prescribing indicators In addition quality of prescription writing was also assessed in terms of legibility and completeness of information eg whether diagnosis strength frequency and duration of drug prescribed was written or not The collected data was analyzed in Microsoft Excel 2007 Statistical analysis had been done to obtain frequency averagemean and percentageResult Total number of prescription analyzed were 503 contained a total of 1118 drugs ie on an average 22 drugs per prescription Drugs prescribed by generic name and injectable route were 7163 and 910 respectively A total of 163 antimicrobials were prescribed in 117232 prescriptions out of which 108 were antibacterials A large proportion 601 drugs prescribed were not included in the NLEM Incomplete and illegible prescription were 357709 and 219435 respectivelyConclusion This prescription audit revealed that polypharmacy overuse of injections and unnecessary use of antimicrobials were not a concern in the target prescribers But there is a scope for improvement in generic prescribing use of essential medicines better quality of prescription writing in terms of completeness of information provided and legibility of prescriber details
Authors and Affiliations
Niket Rai, Ratinder Jhaj, Balakrishnan S.
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