Survey and Analysis of the Outpatient Prescriptions from Our Hospital

OBJECTIVE:To improve the quality of outpatient prescriptions, promote rational drug use and ensure the safety and effectiveness of drug use in our hospital. METHODS: From July 2007 to April 2008, 100 outpatient prescriptions of western medicines (excluding narcotics) monthly were randomly selected from our hospital for a statistical analysis of drug use in respect of average consumption sum per prescription, consumption of injections, drug variety, proportion of antibiotics in every 100 prescriptions, prescription writing, rational administration etc based on the Prescription management method~ [1] and the Guiding Principles of Clinical Application of Antibacterials~ [2] issued on Feb. 14, 2007 by Ministry of Health and State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. RESULTS: In every 100 prescriptions, 51 were found to have prescribed antibiotics. A total of 183 prescriptions (18.3%) were irrational in prescription writing, and 45 (4.5%) were irrational prescriptions. CONCLUSION: The proportion of antibiotics was on the high side; the prescription writing is far from standard, and the rational drug use level remains to be improved. To improve prescription quality, re-education of pharmaceutical staff about knowledge on medicines should be carried out deeply.