Intervention and prevention against irrational medication orders on antineoplastic drugs and total parenteral nutrition solution / 药学实践杂志

Objective To study the irrational intravenous (IV) medication orders and promote rational medication applications.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted to analyze the irrational prescriptions from January to December 2016.Results Among 39 948 IV medication orders reviewed, there were 134 irrational prescriptions of cytotoxic drugs (0.33％) and 222 irrational prescriptions of total parenteral nutrition(TPN)(0.56％).Within 356 irrational prescriptions, 19 had improper amount of diluent(5.34％), 95 inappropriate dosage(26.69％), 12 drug incompatibility(3.37％), 8 wrong diluent (2.24％) and 222 inappropriate TPN orders (62.36％).Conclusion The interventions of the clinical pharmacists are needed to reduce medication errors and improve the drug safety and effectiveness.