Analysis and countermeasures on irregular usage of drug prescription in outpatient section and emergency room / 药学实践杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To provide suggestion and reference for standardizing irregular usage of drug prescription in hospi‐tal .Methods Prescriptions of outpatient section and emergency room in Heshan People′s Hospital were extracted from January to June 2013 .The behavior of irregular usage drug prescription was statistically analyzed according to the content of drug in‐structions .Results 63 irregular usage of drug prescriptions were found ,involving off‐indication use ,overdose ,change in med‐ication method and route of administration ,and usage beyond the scope of intended patient population .Conclusion irregular usage of drug prescription is common in outpatient section and emergency room ,w hich putting patient medication at risk .We recommend that medication management standards should be developed as soon as possible by the relevant departments to en‐sure patient′s safety .