Table 1 DRPs communicated to doctors and nurses and their resolution rate
Subcategories of DRPs | Number of DRPs | % | resolved |
|---|---|---|---|
Doctors (N = 272) | |||
 Unnecessary therapy/No clinical indication | 13 | 92.3% | (12/13) |
 Untreated indication | 162 | 71.6% | (116/162) |
  Non reconciled medications | 146 | 72.6% | (106/146) |
 Inappropriate duration | 4 | 75.0% | (3/4) |
 Inappropriate dose schedule | 11 | 54.5% | (6/11) |
 Dose too high | 3 | 33.3% | (1/3) |
 Dose too low | 1 | 0.0% | (0/1) |
 Drug-drug interactions | 3 | 100.0% | (3/3) |
 Inappropriate/inadequate monitoring | 1 | 0.0% | (0/1) |
 Prescription error | 18 | 100.0% | (18/18) |
 Manifest side effect, no other cause | 7 | 85.7% | (6/7) |
 More cost-effective drug available | 3 | 66.7% | (2/3) |
 Deterioration/improvement of disease state | 3 | 66.7% | (2/3) |
 Synergistic/preventive drug required and not given | 19 | 63.2% | (12/19) |
 Duplication of therapy | 10 | 90.0% | (9/10) |
 Prescribed drug not available | 4 | 75.0% | (3/4) |
 Avoid contraindications | 10 | 70.0% | (7/10) |
Nurses (N = 2) | |||
 Charting error | 2 | 100.0% | (2/2) |