[Table/Fig-2]:

Number and frequency of prescription errors in clinicians’ and patient’s details in handwritten and computer generated prescriptions.

Sr. No.		Handwritten n= 549 (%)		Computerized n= 200 (%)
A	Clinician detail	Mentioned	Errors (Not mentioned)	Mentioned	Errors (Not mentioned)
1	Name	549 (100)	0	200 (100)	0
2	Qualification	525(95.63)	24 (4.37)	200 (100)	0
3	Contact No.	0	549 (100)	164 (82)	36(18)
4	Address	544 (99.09)	5 (0.91)	200 (100)	0
5	Registration No.	94 (17.12)	455(82.88)	200 (100)	0
6	Esoteric symbol	423 (77.05)	126 (22.95)	200 (100)	0
7	Signature	361 (65.76)	188 (34.24)	164 (82)	36(18)
	Total		1347		72
B	Patient details	Mentioned	Errors (Not mentioned)	Mentioned	Errors (Not mentioned)
1	OPD No.	34 (6.19)	515(93.81)	200 (100)	0 (0)
2	Name	477 (86.89)	72(13.11)	200 (100)	0 (0)
3	Age	140 (25.50)	409(74.50)	200 (100)	0 (0)
4	Sex	95 (17.30)	454(82.70)	200 (100)	0 (0)
5	Weight	62 (11.29)	487(88.71)	171 (85.5)	29 (14.5)
6	Address	51 (9.29)	498(90.71)	0 (0)	200 (100)
7	Contact No.	0 (0)	549(100)	0 (0)	200 (100)
8	Date of prescription	495 (90.16)	54(9.84)	200 (100)	0 (0)
	Total		3038		429