Drug utilization, prescription errors and potential drug-drug interactions: an experience in rural Sri Lanka

Table 4 Completeness of prescriptions (Total = 1000) dispensed at SPC Anuradhapura 2015

Component of the prescription	Present (complete/correct)
Patient information
1. Name of patient	94 (42^c)
2. Age of patient	79
3. Gender of patient	70
4. Address of patient	5
Prescriber information
5. Name of prescriber	90 (98^c)
6. Signature of prescriber	84
7. SLMC registration number	35
8. Place of prescribing	76
9. Contact details of prescriber	53
10. Qualifications of the prescriber	86
11. Prescriber's rubber stamp containing - Full name, qualifications, and registration number below his signature	89 (36^c)
Drug information
12. Route of administration	7 (90^b)
13. Generic name of drug	16 (87^b)
14. Dose of drug	93 (33^b)
15. Frequency of drug	97 (68^b)
16. Duration of drug	92 (84^b)
Other information
17. Treatment symbol	48 (61^b)
18. Date of prescribing	88 (94^c)
19. Diagnosis of the disease^a	41
20. Refill information^a	6

^aItem 19 & 20 are in addition to the guidelines available in the BNF and WHO manual [3, 4]
^bCorrect, ^cComplete

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