2018 Volume 9 Issue 2 Special Issue
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Evaluation of the Medication Safety of Chemotherapy Drugs at A Tertiary Care Hospital, Baptist Hospital, Bangalore


Sayna Jabalpeikar*, Raju Koneri
Abstract

Objective: the present study is aimed to evaluate the medication safety of chemotherapy drugs at a tertiary care hospital. with complete reporting of prescription error, classifying prescription errors, complete detailing of watched medication administration errors by nurses (MAEs), ordering watched MAEs, and figuring improvement methodologies. likewise, of side effects, how to overcome side effects, anti-emetic treatments used, and to survey the appropriateness of requesting and apportioning. Methodology: An imminent, observational, non-interventional contemplate drove at the Oncology Department, Baptist hospital, Bangalore for time of a half year. All patient related data was gathered according to case record structure. An aggregate of 70 patients tolerating chemotherapy were met for information on sort of side effects, prescription missteps and the other relevant information like demographics, finding, treatment, drugs used to manage the adverse effects were gathered from the patient’s medical records. The data was characterized reliant on various parameters. The watched side effects were orchestrated into different organ frameworks and appeared differently in relation to the distributed writing and bundle embeds. Result: Among the 70 patients, 22 (31.4%) were males and 48 (68.57%) were females. Out of the total number of 70 patients,14 (20%) of them had only 1 chemotherapy cycle,16(22.85) had 2 chemotherapy cycles,16(22.85) had 3 chemotherapy cycles,5(7.14) of them had 4 cycles,6(8.57) had 5 cycles, 9(12.85) had 6 chemo cycles, and 4(5.71) of them had more than 6 cycles of chemotherapy, which mostly due to maintenance chemotherapy. investigation of our examination information uncovered that the cancer with most elevated predominance is breast cancer (24.28%) pursued by blood and bone marrow cancer (5.71%) in females and (4.28%) in males, and then followed by lung cancer (2.85%), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (2.85%), colon cancer (2.85%). The present investigation demonstrated that in both males and females, the most influenced organ framework was GIT, trailed by skin and subcutaneous tissue, musculoskeletal, Haeme and nervous system. The total percentage of errors in 70 number of prescriptions was found to be 24.28. most of the errors are due to drug-drug interactions (10 %). the total number of errors in the drug administration by nurses was found to be 11.42 %, out of which wrong dose was 2.85 %. Conclusion: The Adverse impacts related with the usage of anticancer medications were surveyed amid a time of half year. The AE commonness experienced suggest that for all intents and purposes all patients accepting cytotoxic medications suffer at least one AEs. Critical announced MAE rates on our hospital ward (0.04% of medications administrations and 0.03 MAEs/patient admission) give off an impression of being generally low because of utilization of current security rules. An accentuation on contemplating MAEs at individual foundations is likely going to result in important procedure changes, improved effectiveness of MAE detailing, and various focal points.


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