Evaluation of Medication Errors in Medicine and Orthopaedic Wards of a Tertiary Care Hospital, India: A Prospective and Observational Study| Chapter 8 | Perspective of Recent Advances in Medical Research Vol. 3

 Medication mistakes are commonly on account of various reasons. Understanding and underrating the mistakes will benefit society by reducing the cost and improper effects of the cures; hence the bestowed study is carried out.The basic goal concerning this study was to discover and evaluate the incidence, types, determinants, and severity of drug errors in the cure and orthopedic wards of a tertiary care emergency room in India.This study was carried out in the Department of Medicine and Orthopedic wards of the Teaching Hospital and Research Centre. The necessary data were calm in the Case Record Form and reviewed daily from confirmation to discharge in the posted area. Different medication mistakes were identified and recorded, and the severity of cure errors was driven using NCC MERP guidelines.A total of 200 inpatient cases from the orthopedic and cure wards were collected, 100 cases each ward. In an orthopedic custody, 40% of patients were 20-39 age of age, and in a healing ward, 48% were 60-79 years adult. A total of 136 and 103 medication mistakes were observed in the orthopedic and healing wards. Among them, 65% and 62% were medicine errors, 25% and 18% were presidency errors, 6% and 12% were copy errors, and 4% and 8% were dispensing mistakes. The cause of medication wrongs was 64.7%, 62.1% were due to physicians, 31.6% and 30.1% were on account of nurses, and 3.7% and 7.8% were due to pharmacists in orthopedic and cure wards. The majority of cure errors, 68.4%, and 62.1%, belonged to classification-B severity in the orthopedic and medicine district, respectively.The dispassionate pharmacist can play a important role in barring medication mistakes by early detection. However, since our drug treatment method needs a well-organized discovery and reporting means, Hence, as the first step, we must implement a plan where mistakes/Errors are usually detected and reported.

Author(s) Details:

Surendra Shrestha,
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Sri Adichunchanagiri College of Pharmacy, B.G. Nagara-571448, Karnataka, India.

K. V. Ramanath,
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Sri Adichunchanagiri College of Pharmacy, B.G. Nagara-571448, Karnataka, India and Suryadatta College of Pharmacy Health Care and Research (SCPHR), Bhavdan, Pune, Maharstara, India.

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