Background: Appropriate use of medicines is important to provide quality health. The aim of
this study was to assess the prescribing practices and prescription errors in the private clinic …

Background One of the important activities that physicians–particularly general practitioners–
perform is prescribing. It occurs in most health care facilities and especially in primary health …

Background The rational use of medicine improves patient's quality of life. Excessive and
inappropriate prescriptions result in severe consequences. The study of drug use patterns …

Irrational prescribing of drugs is a major health concern in developing countries like
Bangladesh. A study was therefore undertaken in a hospital, situated in Rajshahi region of …

Aim To evaluate frequency and type of prescription errors in outpatient prescriptions and find
whether prescription writing abides with WHO standards of prescription writing. Materials …

Medication errors can cause a variety of adverse drug events but are potentially
preventable. This cross-sectional study analysed all medication public and 5 private primary …

Objectives: Prescribing errors are preventable and are considered an important target for
improving healthcare. The aim of this study was to identify prescribing errors and their …

Medication errors are globally huge in magnitude and associated with high morbidity and
mortality together with high costs and legal problems. Medication errors are caused by …

Background: Medication errors are probably one of the most common types of medical
errors, as medication is the most common health-care intervention. Knowing where and …

ABSTRACT Background: In India, a proper reporting of medication errors in the hospital is
not available. Drugs worth crores of rupee are consumed every year but a substantial part of …