.Objective: To explore prescribing errors occurring in psychiatry department in a public hospital
Design: Prospective observational method was followed to screen, identify and classify prescribing errors in fifteen inpatient profiles in psychiatry department.
Place & duration of study: The study was conducted for a period of fifteen days at psychiatry department in a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan from September 1st to September 15th 2006.
Subjects & Methods: Prospective study of 15 inpatient cases randomly selected from psychiatry department.
Results: During the study, 84 medications were prescribed. The mean of medications prescribed per case was 5.6. The number of prescribing errors identified was 33 and the percentage of prescribing errors was 39.28%.
Conclusion: All prescribing errors identified can be prevented.

Title

Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society

Publisher

Pakistan Psychiatric Society

Publisher Country

Pakistan

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

5

Year

2008

Pages

31-33