Research Article
Assessment of Prescriptions in the Endocrinology Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan Using World Health Organization Guidelines
Table 3
Commission and omission errors (N = 100).
| Type of error | No. of prescriptions contains error | Percentage (%) |
| Drug name error | 10/109 | 9.17 | Dosage form (NM) | 20/100 | 3.84 | Strength of the dosage form (NM) | 67/520 | 12.8 | Duration of therapy (NM) | 00 | 00 | Frequency (NM) | 57/520 | 10.9 | Patient name (NM) | 01 | 01 | Patient name duplicated | 02 | 02 | Patient address (NM) | 13 | 13 | Age (NM) | 07 | 07 | Gender (NM) | 00 | 00 | Weight (NM) | 01 | 01 | Diagnosis (NM) | 00 | 00 | Total | 178 | 60.7 |
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NM = not mentioned.
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