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Prescription errors in a basic pharmacy of the federal district

Abstract

Objective: To analyze electronic and manual prescriptions regarding the occurrence of polypharmacy and potential types of medication errors in the context of primary care. Method: A descriptive, transversal and retrospective study, based on the evaluation of prescriptions filed at the pharmacy of the basic health unit of the Federal District. Results: The total of the evaluation criteria proposed in this study were: Illegibility (98.2%), abbreviations (97.7%), pharmaceutical form (57.6%), concentration (32.4%), polypharmacy was identified in 46% of users and this was directly related to the age of the user. When analyzing the age and its relationship with polypharmacy, 51% of users in polypharmacy were more than 50 years old, users between 61 and 70 years of age, polyphar­macy in their prescriptions corresponding to 20.4% of the total. It is noted that the greater the age the greater the risk of polypharmacy, being the increase of age directly associated with the polymedication. Regarding the prevalence of chronic diseases, DM was present in 453 (65.6%) users, HBs represented 659 (95.4%) and 205 (29.7%) users had CAD and 439 (63.5%) to DLP. Chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCD) were positively associated with polypharmacy.  

Cris Renata Grou Volpe