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. 2009 Jul 1;6(3):69-70.
eCollection 2009 Jul.

Investigating the quality of psychotropic drug prescriptions at Accra Psychiatric Hospital

Abdi Sanati  1
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Investigating the quality of psychotropic drug prescriptions at Accra Psychiatric Hospital

Abdi Sanati. Int Psychiatry. .

Abstract

Quality of prescribing is an important aspect of clinical practice. In a study of the effect of electronic prescriptions on prescription quality in the UK, Donyai et al (2008) found errors in 3.8% of their sample before the introduction of electronic prescription. In a psychiatric setting in Leeds in the UK, Nirodi & Mitchell (2002) found that 16.1% of prescriptions written for a cohort of elderly patients were illegible, and a third lacked information on dose, frequency or indication of use of medications. They found that only 18% were legible and free of all errors.

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