A Prescription Audit of Inpatient Department of Super Speciality Hospital in National Capital Region of India

NCT05894278 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: FORTIS/IEC/2023/MAR/PA02
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Prescription auditing is the art to check the detailing, compatibility and performance of the generated prescription from the physician to the pharmacist and patient, by means of the WHO checklist for prescription auditing. An audit is defined as the review and evaluation of the healthcare procedures and documentation to compare the quality of care provided, with accepted standards. In this study, we will collect In-patient prescriptions from Fortis Hospital. And it will be evaluated for 13 list out parameters i.e Hospital unique ID, patient name, age, sex, weight, date of consultation, cleanliness and legibility, brief history, allergies, clinical examination, presumptive or definite diagnosis, medicine prescribed by generic name, dose, duration, history of a previous adverse event, appropriate abbreviations used, drug-drug interaction, drug duplication, doctor name, registration number and signature. The study is analyzed by Statistical Process Control (SPC).

Conditions

Review of In-patient Prescription

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Percentage prescription

  Prescription filled for specific parameter

  March 2023 and May 2023

Study Arms (3)

Compliance

Prescription properly filled for specific parameters

Other: Prescription data collection

Non Compliance

Prescription is not filled with specific parameters

Other: Prescription data collection

Not available - NA

Prescription does not contain specific data

Other: Prescription data collection

Interventions

Prescription data collection OTHER

Prescription data collection

Compliance; Non Compliance; Not available - NA

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 100 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: No gender discrimination yet
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Select the patient based on inclusion and exclusion criteria Collect the information from IP prescription and drug chart Identify prescribing errors and medication error To study the management of good prescription

You may qualify if:

• Participants who are willing to participate
• Participants who are admitted in the in-patient department
• Participants admitted during the study period
• Participants who have a prescription which is legible and complete

You may not qualify if:

• Participants who are unwilling to provide the required information
• Participants who are not admitted the in-patient department
• Participants whose prescription is not legible and competent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kakatiya University: lead
• Fortis Hospital, India: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Fortis Hospital

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201301, India

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 28, 2023
• First Posted: June 8, 2023
• Study Start: March 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: May 28, 2023
• Study Completion: May 28, 2023
• Last Updated: June 8, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IN (1)