ABOUT 1,826 electronic prescriptions for 549 women in the high-risk obstetrics inpatient unit of a Women's Hospital in Brazil were the subject of a study which demonstrated that clinical pharmacist interventions were needed to identify potential prescribing errors.
Published in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care, the prospective cross-sectional, observational research highlighted 128 errors, an error rate of 7%.
Most frequently identified were drug interaction (43.8%), incorrect frequency (21.5%) and improper dose (13.1%).
As a result 168 interventions were made, 98% of which were accepted by prescribers - academic.oup.com.
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