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Pharmaceutical Care Interventions of Inpatient Prescriptions at Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah (HPSF), Muar, Johor, Malaysia

Author(s) Rohidayah Abd Majid, Nur Atika Abdul Manap, Farizal Farid Basheer, Rohaniza Yahaya, Nurul Hanis Mohd Sabari
Country Malaysia
Abstract Introduction: Prescribing medications plays a vital role in patient healthcare. The rational drug use is now a significant concern for public health due to incorrect medication prescribing. In promoting rational evidence-based prescribing, prescriptions will be screened and reviewed by pharmacists before medications are dispensed whereby pharmaceutical care intervention (PCI) will be conducted.
Methods: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and types of PCI detected at an inpatient pharmacy and to identify the stage of dispensing process where the PCI are frequently detected. The PCI that included was focusing on the prescribing errors. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted over a period of three months started from 1st March 2023 until 31st May 2023 where new medication orders using Pharmacy Information System (PhIS) of all patients warded screened by Inpatient Pharmacy Department were included.
Results: The rate of PCI was 0.006%. The most common type of interventions performed were the prescribed frequency (31.5%) followed by dose (30.0%), drug (19.2%) and polypharmacy (10.8%). The drug category based on ATC classification with a high percentage of interventions was anti-infective for systemic use (34.6%) followed by nervous system (16.2%) and alimentary tract and metabolism (14.7%). Half of the PCIs were detected during screening stage (51.2%) whiles 36.0% were detected during counterchecking and the least detected is during medication filling (12.8%). The highest prescribing errors was from medical wards (50.7%), followed by surgical (24.1%) and orthopedics (14.8%).
Conclusion: The prescribers and clinical pharmacist and inpatient pharmacist are doing well in maintaining patient care. Prescriptions that involve drug category of anti-infective required more attentions especially on drug choice, dose, frequency, and polypharmacy.
Keywords Prescribing error, Pharmaceutical Care Intervention, Inpatient Pharmacy
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 6, Issue 4, July-August 2024
Published On 2024-08-21
Cite This Pharmaceutical Care Interventions of Inpatient Prescriptions at Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah (HPSF), Muar, Johor, Malaysia - Rohidayah Abd Majid, Nur Atika Abdul Manap, Farizal Farid Basheer, Rohaniza Yahaya, Nurul Hanis Mohd Sabari - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 4, July-August 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i04.26279
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i04.26279
Short DOI https://doi.org/gt7m4n

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