Utman Saqib A K, Atkinson Peter L, Baig Hanna M
Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.
Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK.
Saudi J Ophthalmol. 2013 Oct;27(4):267-9. doi: 10.1016/j.sjopt.2013.09.003. Epub 2013 Sep 25.
The purpose of this audit was to determine the most common medication related prescription errors in ophthalmic practice, to determine avoidable prescription errors and evaluate the effect of preventative methods against these errors.
The first audit was conducted prospectively over a four week period in Oct 2009 and a re-audit after 6 months on May 2010, to determine the effects of preventative measures suggested in the first audit.
There were 4.7% (29/623) prescription errors during the initial four week audit period. A method of check and counter check of prescriptions was implemented and re-audit showed a reduction in incidence of errors to 0.77% (5/651) errors.
The majority of prescribing errors occurred at the stage of writing the prescription and our findings suggest that the intervention of check and counter check can reduce the rate of error significantly.
本次审核的目的是确定眼科实践中最常见的与药物相关的处方错误，确定可避免的处方错误，并评估预防这些错误的方法的效果。
首次审核于2009年10月进行，为期四周，前瞻性开展；2010年5月在6个月后进行了重新审核，以确定首次审核中建议的预防措施的效果。
在最初的四周审核期内，处方错误率为4.7%（29/623）。实施了一种处方检查和复查方法，重新审核显示错误发生率降至0.77%（5/651）。
大多数处方错误发生在开处方阶段，我们的研究结果表明，检查和复查干预可显著降低错误率。
