Chinese Journal of Pharmacovigilance ›› 2012, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (10): 635-636.

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Analysis and Countermeasures for Drug Withdrawal Phenomenon at Inpatient Pharmacy

ZHANG Xiao-hong   

  1. Puyang Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital of Henan Province, Henan Puyang 457000, China
  • Received:2012-03-29 Online:2012-10-10 Published:2015-08-07

Abstract: Objective To reduce the conflicts between doctors and patients,and ensure clinical medication safety. Methods Take out all drug withdrawal prescriptions(2114) for the inpatients in our hospital from 2010 to 2011, analyze drug withdrawal reasons, amount of money and corresponding radio. Results The drug withdrawal rates were the highest for pediatric department and ICU(pediatric). The drug withdrawal ratio resulted from changing medication regimens by physicians was up to 41.67%, the next respectively was adverse reactions(25.35%), nurse entry errors(22.28%) and pharmacy reason(4.02% ). Conclusion It's necessary to strengthen the management of hospital pharmacy, implement the first asking duty system for drug withdrawal, provide professional service to the patients in combination with good attitude.

Key words: phenomenon of drug withdrawal, analysis, countermeasure