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Table 1 Outcome of all pre-admission medications recorded on discharge prescriptions and discharge summaries

From: Assessment of an electronic patient record system on discharge prescribing errors in a Tertiary University Hospital

Audit (n = number of prescriptions reviewed)

Total pre-admission medications

Prescribed

Omitted

Discontinued with explanation

Discontinued without explanation

Pre-intervention

(n = 54)

436

299

(68.58%)

116

(26.61%)

10

(2.29%)

11

(2.52%)

Post-education

(n = 54)

443

323

(72.91%)

85

(19.19%)

24

(5.42%)

11

(2.48%)

Post-EPR

(n = 54)

339

312

(92.04%)

26

(7.67%)

1

(0.29%)

0

(0%)