… The results of this study indicate poor prescribing practices and irrational use of drugs in
the two hospitals studied. While antibiotics are irrationally prescribed, polypharmacy which …

… In this paper the ‘Teaching hospital’ will be referred to as TH and the ‘Non-teaching hospital’
… Patients pay for care and no managerial control is present over prescribing practices. The …

… The present study was carried out to investigate current prescribing and dispensing practices
in the largest two teaching hospitals in Sudan and compare them with those of published …

… of prescribing, and in the clinical and diagnostic practice guidelines for … hospital-wide
practice and future interventions, including reorganization of the drug distribution policy of hospital …

… prescribed up to 2 drugs and … , prescribing from EDL was also found insignificant. It is
suggested that periodic evaluation of prescribing practices would help to promote rational practice. …

… The main objective of this project was to document the current prescribing practices in two
tertiary care teaching hospitals in Lagos State using the WHO/INRUD developed indicators for …

… prescribing by educational and administrative means; (2) monitoring and providing feedback
regarding antibiotic resistance nosocomial infection, reviews at epidemic control meetings, …

… found in up to two-thirds of prescriptions analyzed, is still … on rational prescribing for children
admitted to a teaching hospital, … to monitor and evaluate prescribing practices. The findings …

… The study of prescribing patterns is a part of the medical audit and seeks to monitor, … ,
suggest modifications in prescribing practices to make medical care rational and cost-effective(2). …

… a two-day comprehensive hospital orientation program. At the time of our study, hospital
policies required that all orders include at least two … As described in the Methods section, three …