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- Title
Assessing Prescribing Error at Pharmacy Department of Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia: A Focus on Oxycodone Prescribing.
- Authors
Zahari, Zalina
- Abstract
Objective: This study aims to identify the types of prescribing errors in prescriptions that consisted of oxycodone. Design: This was a retrospective study conducted at the Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Malaysia. Materials and Methods: The prescription claims data from January to December 2009 were included in this study. Prescribing error was defined as any wrong or dubious information related to the drugs prescribed. Results: A total of 212 patients were prescribed with oxycodone and 44.3% were female. The mean age (SD) of the patients was 50.9 (15.30). A total of 286, 126 prescriptions were screened at the outpatient pharmacy and from that amount 517 (0.2%) were prescriptions that contained oxycodone. Four (1.9%) patients below the age of 18 were prescribed with oxycodone. One hundred and thirty two (25.6%) prescriptions had a wrong dosing frequency. Potential drug interaction was found in one hundred and fifty nine (30.8%) prescriptions while duplicate prescribing was identified in 19.3% of the patients. Conclusion: A number of prescribing errors were found in this study. These prescribing errors may result in increased number of unwanted events and healthcare expenses. This indicates a need of encouraging medication errors reporting in order for remedial programs to be instituted.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; ACADEMIC medical centers; DRUG interactions; DRUG prescribing; MEDICATION errors; RESEARCH funding; PHYSICIAN practice patterns; OXYCODONE; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
International Medical Journal, 2012, Vol 19, Issue 4, p292
- ISSN
1341-2051
- Publication type
Article