IDENTIFICATION OF PRESCRIBING ERRORS IN A PEDIATRIC OUTPATIENT AT RSUD LANTO DAENG PASEWANG KABUPATEN JENEPONTO

Raimundus Chalik

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Prescribing errors are common worldwide. The incompleteness and unclear doctor's handwriting of prescription is a form of prescribing errors that harm patients, especially in children. The aims of this study were to identify the incident of prescribing errors in pediatric patients. The study was a descriptive observational with a cross-sectional study. Data collection was carried out at RSUD Lanto Daeng Pasewang Kabupaten Jeneponto from May to June 2019. Samples were 100 prescription sheets taken on probability sampling. The results of the study found that there was no sign of how to use was 48 %, unclear doctor's handwriting was 32 %, no dosage form was 25 %, there was no time interval for giving were 24 %, no drug strength was 21 %, and drug-drug interactions was 3 %. The results of the study concluded that there were prescribing errors.

Keywords: prescribing errors, pediatric patient RSUD Lanto Daeng Pasewang Kabupaten Jeneponto


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32382/uh.v2i1.1399

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