Evaluation of medical prescriptions quality in a basic hospital in Ecuador
Keywords:
prescription, medical prescriptions, prescription errorsAbstract
Aim: Identify prescription errors in medical prescriptions in the outpatient area of a basic hospital in Ecuador
Materials and Methods: The study was non-experimental, descriptive, qualitative, and retrospective. Medical prescriptions with prescriptions of analgesic, gastroprotective, and antibiotic medications from the outpatient area of a basic hospital in Ecuador were analyzed, during the period from June to September 2020.
Results: 58.62% of prescription errors were found in the medical prescriptions analyzed, with a prevalence of omission of the number of the patient's medical record (16.48%). It is also evidenced that consultation time per patient and work stress are the main factors (15.22%) that influence the loss of quality in prescriptions.
Conclusion: There is a high percentage of prescription errors in the analyzed prescriptions, which suggests that during the validation process carried out by the pharmaceutical staff it should be a key point to detect and correct any errors that put the patient at risk.
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