DRUG PRESCRIBING PRACTICE AMONG ANAMEIC PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL

2017 ◽  
pp. 858-887
Author(s):  
Dr. Chippy Sara Eldho
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Drug Prescribing ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Prescribing Practice

ASSESSMENT OF DRUG PRESCRIBING PATTERN IN THE INPATIENT SURGERY DEPARTMENT AT A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL USING WHO PRESCRIBING INDICATORS.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Essential Medicine ◽  
Drug Prescribing ◽  
Prescribing Pattern ◽  
Prescribing Indicators ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Inpatient Ward ◽  
Surgery Department

Background: Drug use is a tricky task comprises of prescriber, dispenser and the patient. It is influenced by factors such as prescribing experience, drug cost, availability, dispenser knowledge and patient cultural belief. Objective: Current study aim is to assess the drug prescribing pattern in the inpatient ward of the surgery department at tertiary care teaching hospital using WHO prescribing indicators. Material and Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out after the approval from the institutional ethical committee for a period of six months from February 2019 to July 2019. Data were collected, evaluated and represented using descriptive statics and graph wherever applicable. Result: Total of 190 prescriptions were collected and analyzed using WHO prescribing indicators. An average number of the drug was 5.23%. The percentage of the drug from essential medicine list, generic name and Injectables prescribed was 46.93%, 17.68% and 53.16% respectively. Conclusion: Labelling status of prescribing was not according to standards of WHO prescribing indicators and needs special attention. Such study plays a crucial role in the institution level and helps in preparation of evidence-based modules for rational use of drugs.

scholarly journals Rational prescribing practice assessment among resident doctors in a tertiary care teaching hospital: a questionnaire based observational study

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 2371
Author(s):  
Sajad H. Syed ◽  
Rehana Tabassum ◽  
Tuoseef Nazir ◽  
M. Y. Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Prescribing Practice

Background: One of the important factors in health policy is recognised to be rational use of medicines (RUM). Physicians can influence the health and well-being of patients by prescribing appropriate drug in right doses and they should be taught to prescribe rationally at the earliest of their professional carrier.Methods: This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was carried out in SMHS hospital which is a tertiary-care teaching hospital associated with Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.Results: Out of 106 resident doctors enrolled in the study, 96.2% respondents were aware about the term essential medicines of India, and 47.6% had National List of Essential Medicines of India available at their work place. When the participants were questioned about the term RUM only 17% of them responded positively, but majority of the resident doctors (88.67%) were aware about the ingredients of the drugs they use to prescribe. Though only 3.7% of our participating doctors always use essential medicines during their prescription writing but majority of them (96.22%) would always use to inform the patient regarding disease, drug therapy and monitoring of drug therapy.Conclusions: Considering the fact that respondents are future prescribers they should be aware of all aspects about RUM and improper knowledge in certain areas of RUM is a matter of concern that needs to be addressed.

scholarly journals Assessment of prescription pattern using WHO drug prescribing indicators in medicine wards of a tertiary care teaching hospital: a retrospective observational study

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 2070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narendra P. Bachewar ◽  
Sachin R. Choudhari ◽  
Sujata Dudhgaonkar
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Retrospective Observational Study ◽  
Drug Prescribing ◽  
Prescribing Indicators ◽  
Prescription Pattern ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching

Background: Rational prescribing is an essential skill for every prescriber. However many times it seems a difficult task for various reasons. Such practices ultimately increase the mortality, morbidity and financial burden on the patient. Hence, we aimed our study to evaluate appropriateness of prescription pattern according to WHO drug prescribing indicators, few complementary indicators and classify prescription errors.Methods: A retrospective observational study, conducted in medical record section of tertiary care teaching hospital of Maharashtra during the period of 6 months. Total 400 randomly selected prescriptions from Medicine inpatient wards were scrutinized.Results: Average number of drugs per prescription was 5.20 trending towards polypharmacy. Drugs prescribed by generic name were 13.88%, injectable drugs were part of 93.50% prescriptions, 78.25% prescriptions contained an antimicrobial agent and Percentage of drugs prescribed from NELM 2011 was 72.36%. Illegible handwriting in 68% cases was the important cause of prescription errors. These errors found in 73% of prescriptions.Conclusions: The present study showed that the practices were trending towards irrational prescribing. Polypharmacy and illegible prescriptions were dominated. Regular prescription audit will help to rectify such practices. Also, there is an urgent need of sensitization of prescriber through new treatment guidelines, seminar, presentations and discussions on regular basis.

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