Analysis Of Prescribing Errors Identificated By Pharmacist During Provision Of Pharmaceutical Care

ANALYSIS OF PRESCRIBING ERRORS IDENTIFICATED BY PHARMACIST DURING PROVISION OF PHARMACEUTICAL CARE Autor: Kotalová P.* Tutor: Vlček J.** * Pharmacy Repharm, Ostrava, Czech Republic, ** Dept. of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Background: Medication errors or drug related problems (DRPs) have a negative impact on the whole process of health care and are significant health risk for a patient. Aim of study: The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate the role of pharmacist in identification and solution of prescribing errors. And to discuss the possibilities of the further development of safe medication practices in the Czech republic. Methods: 33 pharmacists from community and hospital pharmacies participated in a study. Data were collected by web questionnaire for a period of 15 days. The following DRPs were collected: incorrect indication of drugs or contraindicated drugs, prescribing of drug for incorrect patient, wrongly prescribed name of drug, contraindications, duplications of therapy, potential drug interactions or problems with dosage (e.g. overdosing). The identified errors were classified and the clinical significance of the cases and accuracy of pharmacist's interventions were evaluated. Statistic..