Systematic review of prescription writing revisited
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 6
Abstract
Prescription - An order for medication, therapy, or therapeutic device given by a properly authorized person, Prescription traditionally is composed of four parts - Superscription, Inscription, Subscription and Signa. Medical prescription is an important document of medico legal value too. WHO has laid certain guidelines for writing a good prescription. When followed completely this will not only help in making the remedy safe and complete but will also protect the doctors from the legal consequences of a irrational prescription. A prescription should include the following things -Name, address, telephone No. of prescriber, Date, Generic name of the drug, strength, Dosage form, total amount of drug, Label: instructions, warnings, Name, address and age of patient, Signature or initials of prescriber. Each and every point mentioned above has its own importance. When followed completely this will not only help in making the remedy safe and complete but will also protect the doctors from the legal consequences of a irrational prescription. In addition to these essential and generic drugs should be preferred, polypharmacy should be avoided and drugs by parenteral route should be used only when it is absolutely necessary. Large number of prescriptions does not confirm to ideal pattern or standards of prescribing, some studies have shown even 100% prescription errors. To increase the adherence to rational prescribing, intervention strategies should be designed to educate the healthcare workers, for benefit of patients and safety of health workers, in safe and cooperative working environment.
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Imran Nawaz Khan
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