DO WE CARE? AN AUDIT OF OPD PRESCRIPTIONS TO EVALUATE THE PRESCRIBING PATTERNS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

COL (DR) SUREKHA KASHYAP; CAPT (DR) SHIVA DEVARAKONDA

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

DO WE CARE? AN AUDIT OF OPD PRESCRIPTIONS TO EVALUATE THE PRESCRIBING PATTERNS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Col Dr Surekha Kashyap, Capt Dr Shiva Devarakonda

Abstract :

A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in Out Patient Department of a tertiary care teaching hospital in India. A total of 1200 prescriptions were randomly collected over 14 days and recorded over a �prescribing indicator form�. The data was analyzed using WHO �prescribing indicators�. Average number of drugs per encounter was 4.47. Encounter with an antibiotic prescribed was 56%, with a FDC it was 62.5% and with an injection it was 7.4%. The most common group of drug prescribed was Vitamins and Minerals (25.6%), followed by Analgesics (14.2%), Antimicrobials (14%), Antidiabetics (13.8%), Antihypertensives (13.5%) and Antiulcer drugs (12.8%). Most commonly prescribed drugs were Ranitidine (14%), followed by Vitamin B complex (10.8%) and Paracetmol (10.34%) [Graph 2]. The most common antibiotics prescribed were Flouroquinolones (3.8%), followed by macrolides (3.7%) and antifungals (2.3%). The prescribing practices in this study are not satisfactory. The study was undertaken to give feedback to the prescribers, so as to create awareness about the rational use of drugs.