Evaluation of Medication Errors by Prescription Audit at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
Kaushal P. Navadia,
Chetna R. Patel,
Jeenal M. Patel
et al.
Abstract:Objective: The prescription errors and prescribing fault analysis was assessed, the rationality of the prescriptions was checked, and the medication error was categorized according to the NCC MERP Index. Methods: A cross-sectional, observational study was designed as per STROBE guidelines and conducted for 2 months in the pharmacy stores after approval of the Institutional Review Board. Patients’ written informed consent was taken before getting their prescriptions, and each of the prescriptions procured in t… Show more
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