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Discharging patients with prescriptions

Title: Discharging patients with prescriptions instead of

medications: sequelae in a teaching hospital.

Authors: Johnson, Kevin B.; Butta, Jeanne K.; Donohue, Pamela K.;

Glenn, Donald J.; Holtzman, Neil A.

Citation: Pediatrics, April 1996 v97 n4 p481(5)

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Abstract: Pediatric patients discharged from the hospital with unfilled

prescriptions appear to be subject to significant medication

errors. Researchers compared the prescription labels,

discharge instruction sheets (DCIs), and medication labels

from 335 prescriptions for 192 patients who were discharged

from an academic children's hospital. Forty discrepancies were

found in this information, giving a 12% error rate for

medication. These errors affected 19% of the patients. Of the

discrepancies, 19 were from original prescription errors, 3

resulted from a different concentration or strength in the

medication provided, 12 had mistakes in the DCI, and 6 were

from differences between the medication label and the

prescription. Pharmacists provided advice about medication to

44% of the patients' families. Filling prescriptions before

discharge, so that they may be checked by health care

providers, may decrease the occurrence of these errors.

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Author's Abstract: COPYRIGHT American Academy of Pediatrics 1996

Objective. This study measures the incidence of discrepancies among

written prescriptions, medication regimens transcribed onto patient

discharge instruction sheets (DCIs), and labels on medications dispensed

by community pharmacies after discharge of patients from an academic

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