Analysis and evaluation of prescriptions in Al-Ahsa (Saudi Arabia)

Authors

  • Sibghatullah Sangi Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa-31982 (Saudi Arabia)
  • Mansour Al Turki College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa-31982 (Saudi Arabia)
  • Ghallab Al Otaibi College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa-31982 (Saudi Arabia)
  • Muhammad Abdul Karim Al Hazoom College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa-31982 (Saudi Arabia)Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa-31982, Saudi Arabia
  • Sree Harsha Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa-31982, Saudi Arabia

Keywords:

prescription, error, medication faults

Abstract

Aims: Medication faults, broadly defined as any error in the advising, distributing, or management ofa treatment, nevertheless whether such mistakes lead to confrontational penalties or not, are the singlemost inevitable cause of patient maltreatment. Incidences of medication error rates vary widely, as a resultof the variety of altered study methods and descriptions used. Several thousand individuals are dyingin the world because of the prescription errors every year, at the same time these errors cost billions ofdollars annually. This study was conducted in the department of Pharmacy Practice, College of ClinicalPharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia from 1st October 2010 to 31st December 2011, toinvestigate the prescriptions regarding errors.

Materials and Methods: The prescriptions were collected from different hospitals of Eastern region ofSaudi Arabia and analyzed in the department of Pharmacy Practice College of Clinical Pharmacy Al-Ahsa. The information in the prescriptions was evaluated statistically.

Results: A total of 500 prescriptions were processed. In evaluation it was found that out of 500 prescriptionswere having fatal errors like age (4.6%), weight (98.8%), Diagnosis (30%), Dosage (14.6%), were not declared.Along with that a number of errors and inconsistencies were noticed in the prescriptions studied.

Conclusion: There is need of a comprehensive review of the government’s control system on prescriptionerror in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.

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Published

2012-12-20

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Sangi S, Al Turki M, Al Otaibi G, Abdul Karim Al Hazoom M, Harsha S. Analysis and evaluation of prescriptions in Al-Ahsa (Saudi Arabia). Ars Pharm [Internet]. 2012 Dec. 20 [cited 2024 Jul. 22];53(4):28-31. Available from: https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/ars/article/view/4690

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Vol. 53 No. 4 (2012)

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