Assessment of Prescribing Attitudes and Practices Among Recognized Prescribers in KIUTH and Kitagata Hospital.
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Date
2011-08
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Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences.
Abstract
Background: Prescription practice is health care service implemented by a
physician or other medical practitioner in the form of instructions that
govern the plan of care for an individual patient; prescription practice may
include orders to be performed by a patient caretaker, nurse, pharmacist or
other therapist.
Prescription is physician's order for the preparation and administration of a
drug or device for a patient. A prescription has several parts. They include
the superscription or heading with the symbol "R" or "Rx", which stands tor
the word recipe (meaning, in Latin, to take).
Prescription errors are becoming the major problem in many countries and
drug resistance to medication is increasing in the world, impacting infection
control effects and cost.
Methods: A cross sectional study was carried in Kampala International
University Teaching Hospital (KlUTH), and Kitagata hospital in Bushenyi
District of Uganda. 105 recognized prescribers were randomly selected.
Results: It was noted that majority of the respondent 96(91%) said they are
aware and are applying the prescription rules while the rest 9(9%) said they
are not aware and are practicing prescription rule.
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A Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Award of
Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree Kampala International University
Western Campus
Keywords
Attitudes, Prescribers, Prescribing, Kitagata Hospital