PRESCRIPTION ERROR ANALYSIS IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE, IN RURAL KARNATAKA, INDIA

Background: The focus of healthcare technology now, is to improve the quality care and safety patients, a key component which medication-related errors. Medication errors result in an increase rate hospital admissions expenditure for patient. Thus, it important identify cause these develop solution curb their occurrence. Materials &Methods:A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 randomly collected prescriptions, tertiary hospital, Kolar, period 2months, after obtaining Institutional Ethical Clearance. prescription writing such as Omission Commission were documented. Results: data analysed by using descriptive inferential statistic.There 93.7% omission (281 prescriptions), 66.3% commission (199), total 97.63% (292) Conclusion:The prescribers dispensers play role early detection timely intervention can patients. findings this serve baseline policymakers monitoring drug therapy improving process. It also draws attention prescribing practices from across country among other countries, all over world.