Context In UK and French, but not World Health Organization (WHO), guidelines for combined hormonal contraception (CHC), family history of a venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a condition for which the theoretical risks usually outweigh the advantages of using CHC. Objective We estimated the prevalence of inappropriate prescriptions of CHC according to several international guidelines and their ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether inaugural prescriptions for proton pump inhibitors (PPI) written by general practitioners in the Grenoble region are in non-compliance with the indications of the French drug marketing authorization. METHODS The study was conducted on all inaugural PPI prescriptions written by general practitioners in Grenoble region between March 1 and March 31, 2004. Analyses ...

BACKGROUND Medication safety for older persons represents an ongoing challenge. Inappropriate prescriptions--those with a high risk of evidence-based harm--persist in up to 25% of seniors, and account for a significant proportion of avoidable emergency department visits. This project is the sequel to the EMPOWER study, in which a novel consumer-targeted written knowledge transfer tool aimed at ...

Introduction: Prescription errors are common and every step in the process of writing a prescription has potential for error. These can be broadly attributed to lack knowledge or skill. Poor legibility, inaccuracy writing, incomplete prescriptions, omissions, use abbreviations most type errors. Objectives: The primary objective our study was assess completeness legibility prescriptions. This is...

Purpose: To determine the prescribing patterns and occurrence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) among elderly outpatients visiting a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. Methods: A retrospective study was carried out among elderly subjects (age ≥ 60 years) who were issued prescriptions in the outpatients department of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Nigeria....

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) use and associated factors, as well as the prevalence of Prescribing Omissions (PO). A cross-sectional study was conducted in a philanthropic Brazilian nursing home involving 46 individuals aged 60 years or older. The following information was collected from medical records and drug prescri...

Adverse clinical events related to inappropriate prescribing practices are an important threat to patient safety. Avoidance of inappropriate prescribing in community settings, where the majority of prescriptions are written, offers a major area of opportunity to improve quality of care and outcomes. Electronic medication order entry systems, with automated clinical risk screening and online ale...

BACKGROUND & AIM Inappropriate prescribing injection medicines can reduce the quality of medical care, patient safety, and leads to a waste of resources. Sufficient evidence is not available in developing countries to persuade policy-makers to promote rational drug prescription. The objective of this study is to assess some factors affecting the prescription of the injection medicines in Iran. ...