title: [Evaluation of the quality drug prescription for patients to be discharged from a university teaching hospital: statutory aspects].
abstract: The aim of this work was to assess the quality of written drug prescriptions for patients to be discharged from our hospital. The pharmacological pertinence was not evaluated. Each statutory mention was noted according to a binary system: 1=mention present, 0=mention not present. The total note after analysis of 308 drug prescriptions was 7.3 +/- 1.3 (3.3-10) for a 3.1 +/- 1.0 (1-10) for each prescription. Concerning the "physician" note, the average was 8.1 +/- 1.8. Nevertheless, the function and the name were quite ofently omitted (1/2 and 1/3 respectively). The lowest note was obtained for mentions relating to the patient [5.8 +/- 2.0 (0-10)]. The age and the name were omitted (9/10 and 1/10 respectively). The "drug" note was closed to total note and represented 7.5 +/- 1.8 (2-10). The detailed analysis showed that 1.8% of drug prescriptions presented an illegible drug name. The dosage form was not specified (1/2), the galenic form (1/3), the schedule (1/3) and the posology (1/5). These omissions did not have any serious repercussion as they were rectified in futher control steps. Nevertheless, educational and corrective measures could be aimed to improve the drug prescription.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pharmacie-Toxicologie-Stérilisation.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Brossier
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Broissand
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cordonnier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Astier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roudot-Thoraval
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care