A Study on Prescription and Dispensing practice at a Government medical college hospital: A Review
Author(s):
himanshi kanwar, Rajat Vaishnav, Anju Goyal, Hemendra Pratap Singh
Keywords:
Medication errors, Clinical pharmacist, Counselling, Prescribing, Dispensing practice
Abstract
Medication errors are one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in many countries can occur in any step of medication use process that is, prescribing, administration and dispensing error. Clinical pharmacist can play a major role in this situation appears to be a strong intervention and early detection and prevention of medication errors and thus can improve the quality of care to the patients. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the prescribing and dispensing practice at a government medical college hospital of Udaipur, Rajasthan. This prospective observational/Survey study is conducted in outpatients those who participate in patient counselling. Educating the patients about the drug and their importance of right use, literacy can be helpful in minimizing errors.
Article Details
Unique Paper ID: 159617
Publication Volume & Issue: Volume 9, Issue 12
Page(s): 1016 - 1020
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