Knowledge Attitude of Pharmacist regarding prescription

Hygia Institute of Submitted to:

Pharmaceutical Mr.Kislaya Mishra
Education and research
Luck now Submitted by :
Dr.A.P.J. ABDUL
Shivam kumar rathaur
KALAM Technical
Roll no. 1620250051
University Utter Pradesh
(LUCKNOW)
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 INTRODUCTION
 LITERATURE REVIEW
 RATIONAL
 MATERIAL METHOD
 RESULT DISCUSSION
 CONCLUSION
 FUTURE PROSPECTIVE
 REFRENCES
 INTRODUCTION

 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY: Epidemiology is the study and

analysis of the distribution(who,when,and where ) patterns and disease
conditions defined population.
 Prescription: prescription is a written order by a pysician,dentist
or any other medical practitioner to the pharmacist to compound and
dispense a specific medication for individual patient for treatment.
 Pharmacist verifies the prescription, making sure it is the right drug,
dose, frequency, duration etc based on the indication (disease or
condition the drug is treating ) or in the case that they do not know the
indication, that the dosing etc is reasonable for the drug .
 Review Literature

 Caser V.Borlongen, Jack Burns et al:

 Epidemiological study aims to create a convenient reference for both
clinicians and researchers so that vis-a-vis comparisons between brain
disorders can be made quickly and accurately. We report here the
incidence.
 Borcherds,Marvin et al-2014, ‘’why is doctors’ handwriting so bad’’
 RATIONAL

 Pharmacist is a health care professional.

 The present survey is based to check the problems and there solutions
made by pharmacist during prescription handling.
 Now a day’s it is observed that there is a communication gape between
pharmacist and prescriber.
 This gape creates a burden on the patient for example many prescriber
do polypharmacy in there prescription.
 the present study is based on the survey between pharmacist working
at retail shops and will be helpful for society.
 MATERIAL METHOD

 WE HAVE SELECTED 100 VOLUNTEERS AND AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL

SURVEY WAS PERFORMED WITH THE HELP OF SCIENTIFICALLY

DISIGNED QUESTIONNAIRE.
 CONSENT WAS TAKEN FROM EACH VOLUNTEER BEFORE

SURVEY,NAME AND ADRESS WERE KEPT CONFIDENTIALA.

 ON THE BASIS OF DATA OBTAINED FROM THE FILLED QUESTIONNAIRE

THE RESULT WAS ANNALYSED WITH THE HEALP OF PI DIAGRAM…ADD

YOUR QUESTIONNAIR.
 RESULT DISCUSSION

 Most of the pharmacist can understand the prescription.

 Most of the prescription having often poly pharmacy in the case of
elderly person.
 Generally prescription not contain generic drugs.
 Prescription are according to standards of PCI(PHARMACY COUNCIL
OF INDIA)
 Most of the prescription having advise 'how to take the drug’ and route
of administration in case of injection .
 Important abbreviations are used in prescription.
 Questionnaire :

Q.1- Do you face any problem to understand the

prescription?
A. Yes 15% face problem. Answer 1
Q.2-hand writing is clear to you?
A. yes 80% prescribers writing clear

Answer 2
 Questionnaire

Q.3- there is often polypharmacy in prescription?

A.3-yes 70%/ no 30%
Answer 3

Q.4-you make a call to prescriber regarding this?

A.4-yes 90% / no 10%
Answer 4
 Questionnaire

Q.5-do you offer different brand of same generic

drug against prescriber. (yes/no)
A.5- yes 24% /no 76%. Answer 5

Q.6-is prescription contain generic drugs.(yes/no)

A.6- 40% yes/no 60%
Answer 6
 Questionnaire

Q.7- prescription is according to standard to PCI

(yes/no).
Answer 7
A.7- yes 88% / no-12%

Q.8- prescription lacks advice to advice take

omeprazole with empty stomach.(yes/no)
A.8- 80% yes / 20% no.
Answer 8
 Questionnaire

Q.9- route of administration is mentioned in case

Answer 9
of injection.(yes/no).
A.9- 85% yes/ 15% no.

Q.10-prescription has many abbreviations.(yes/no)

A.10- yes 75% /no 25%. Answer 10
 CONCLUSION

Here on the basis of epidemiological survey on

knowledge attitude of pharmacist regarding
prescription is very use full for future surveys .
About 40% prescription are not according to
standards of PCI.
On the basis of survey we see that polypharmacy
occurs in case of elderly person’s prescription as they
have chronic disease/disorder.
Almost all prescriptions having advice on how to
take medicine efficiently.
 FUTURE PROSPECTIVE

This epidemiological survey on knowledge attitude

of pharmacist helps in future to understand
prescription related problem and enable to
pharmacist analysed the prescription.
and also finding out the prescriber must prescribe
the generic medicines for poor people.
Some of those prescriber or not put advise on
prescription of how to take medicine that should be
done correctly in future.
 REFERENCE

Dr.Padmaja Uday kumar., Pharmacology for

pharmacy students , 2019 58(9) 3rd edition.
A.A.Siddiqui .,A text book of hospital and clinical
pharmacy 2nd edition 2018 by 2018 47(6) .