aDepartment of Pharmacology, FH Medical College, NH2, Tundla, Uttar Pradesh, India
bDepartment of Community Medicine, SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana, India
cDepartment of Microbiology, MSDS Medical College, Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
dDeputy Director Health, Directorate of Health Services, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar, India
eDepartment of Microbiology, FH Medical College, NH 2, Tundla, Uttar Pradesh, India
fDepartment of Biochemistry, MSDS Medical College, Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
The present study was planned with the aim of evaluating the format, prescribing pattern and rationality of prescriptions of the patients attending Dermatology Out Patient Department of a tertiary care hospital of western Uttar Pradesh. We audited 4728 prescriptions of dermatology OPD during Feb 2013- Jan 2014. A trained person conducted the interviews just after the parents came out of the OPD room. Data was captured on predesigned proforma. The prescription data was extracted from the OPD cards and analyzed for trends in drug use, rationality of prescription. Study subjects were prescribed 15834 drugs against 4728 prescriptions, with an average of 3.35 drugs per prescription. Complete address of patients were mentioned in only 45% of prescriptions. Only 12% drugs were from the National Essential Drug List of India. 10.9% drugs were prescribed under theirrespective generic names while trade names were used for 89.1% drugs. The most commonly prescribed drug group in the current study was antihistamines followed by corticosteroids and antibacterials
Medical audit, Dermatology, Prescription, Drug dispensing
