OBJECTIVE: To interfere with the improper prescriptions of Chinese herbal pieces issued by the outpatient doctors so as to reduce the doctor's prescription error rate and ensure the safety of medication for patients. METHODS:Based on Prescription Administrative Policy, Management Standard of Chinese Herbal Pieces in Hospital, and Beijing Chinese Herbal Pieces Dispensing Regulation, 2000 prescriptions were collected and analyzed according to the different intervention, and solutions were put forward for a variety of reasons. RESULTS: In 2000 prescriptions, there were 932 prescriptions containing toxic drug overdose without double signature, 577 prescriptions of dose error, 282 prescriptions of ingredients error, 85 prescriptions with wrong route of administration, 73 prescriptions of herb incompatibility without double signature, and 51 prescriptions with repeat herbs, accounting for 46.5%, 28.85%, 14.1%, 4.25%, 3.65% and2.55% of the total number of prescriptions respectively. After the intervention of pharmacists, 2000 prescriptions were all successfully intervened to protect the safety of medication. CONCLUSIONS: TCM pharmacist should double check prescriptions with errors issued by doctors, so as to reduce the prescription error rate, and ensure the safety of medication and rehabilitation of patients, and then improve values of pharmacists.
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