[Table/Fig-3]:
Number and frequency of prescription errors in drug item details of all drugs prescribed on Handwritten and computerized prescription.
| Sr. No. | Drug item details | Handwritten n= 1854 (%) |
Computerized n= 595 (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentioned | Errors (Not mentioned) |
Mentioned | Errors (Not mentioned) |
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| 1 | Route | 1449(78.15) | 405(21.84) | 435(73.10) | 160(26.89) |
| 2 | Dosage form | 1434(77.34) | 420(20.65) | 435(73.10) | 160(26.89) |
| 3 | Dose | 876(47.24) | 978 (52.75) | 519(87.22) | 76(12.77) |
| 4 | Unit | 258(13.92) | 1596(86.08) | 434(72.94) | 161(27.05) |
| 5 | Frequency of administration | 1438(77.56) | 416(22.44) | 567(95.29) | 28(4.70) |
| 6 | Duration of treatment | 1352(72.92) | 502(27.08) | 567(95.29) | 28(4.70) |
| 7 | Signa | 1156(62.35) | 698(37.65) | 567(95.29) | 28(4.70) |
| Total | 5015 | 621 | |||