Drug-related problems in prescriptions – detection and prevention by community pharmacists

• At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS-146
• By: RISLA, Rafaideen (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, B.Pharm Degree Program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences)
• Co-author(s): Rafaideen Risla: B.Pharm Degree Program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
  Tharmalingam Sharma Jegath Janani: B.Pharm Degree Program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
  L. Guruge Thushani Shanika: B.Pharm Degree Program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
  Nithushi Rajitha Samaranayake : B.Pharm Degree Program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Drug Related Problems (DRPs) in prescriptions can harm patients.

  Methods

  In a selected community pharmacy in Sri Lanka, one researcher reviewed for DRPs in randomly selected prescriptions (N=200), while another directly observed the proportion of DRPs identified by community pharmacists in the same set of prescriptions. Actions taken by
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