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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2830</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.121614</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Experience of Prescription Audit of Drugs Prescribed in Outpatient Attendees of Private Teaching Hospitals in Central India&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Quazi</surname><given-names>Shadma</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Varma</surname><given-names>Sushil Kumar</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Khan</surname><given-names>Sharjeel</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Singh</surname><given-names>B R</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Zilate</surname><given-names>Sarju</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>22</day><month>08</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>6)</volume><issue/><fpage>66</fpage><lpage>72</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background: Prescription audit assists us in tracking, reviewing and recommending improvements in management practices required to increase the consistency of approved products. Our mission was to conduct prescription audits of drugs prescribed in outpatient attendees and their effect on improvements in quality in future. Methods: During august 2019-July 2020 the present cross-sectional analysis, was carried out to assess the utilization of drugs and their prescribing pattern. Total of 100 prescriptions was collected, reviewed and analyzed with statistical effect using several advising precise indicators (acclaimed by the World Health Organization). Area of development was identified, the mindful attempt was put in and after two weeks of delay, there was improved care efficiency. The investigation and statistically comparison with the first set was done with a collection of 100 more prescriptions. Results: The prescription audit assessment of the total patients in 200 patients revealed that five parameters, including Generic Drug Name (16/100) dose (84/100), Total medication number required (00/100), patient__ampersandsignrsquo;s address (00/100), Legibility of Prescription (100/200), are weak in the first set of 100 prescriptions using 18 parameters prescripted in WHO core prescription factors. The results of the above-listed improvement of five parameters as generic drug names (100/100), medication dosage (88/10), Total number of medicines required (100/100), address of patients, legibility of prescription (176/100), and resulted in improved quality of prescriptions. Conclusion: Our study advocated on overall rational utilization of drugs. Through prescription audit process we can improve patient care, essentially imitate and assess the worth of prescribing activities and practice, helping to identify the changes required to get a better prescription for patient centre managing.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Prescription Audit</kwd><kwd> Drug Utilization</kwd><kwd> WHO prescribing factors</kwd><kwd> medication dosage</kwd><kwd> Generic Drug</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
