Skip to main content

Table 5 Errors in prescriptions dispensed at SPC Anuradhapura 2015

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

 

Route

Generic name

Dose

Frequency

Duration

pDDIs

Drug class Duplication

SLMC Number

 

(n = 1000)

(n = 1000)

(n = 1000)

(n = 1000)

(n = 1000)

(n = 887)

(n = 887)

(n = 1000)

 

C

I

C

I

C

I

C

I

C

I

P

A

P

A

C

I

Government

11

144

52

103

71

84

105

50

120

35

82

47

25

104

28

127

Private &

Unclassified

52

793

93

752

233

612

558

287

649

196

384

374

105

653

320

525

X 2 (df = 1)

0.070

51.883

19.73

0.103

0.004

6.856

2.269

21.778

P-value

0.792

0.000

0.000

0.748

0.950

0.009

0.132

0.000

  1. C – Present, Correct or Complete; I – absent, Incorrect or Incomplete, P - Present; A - Absent