Improving documentation of prescriptions for as-required medications in hospital inpatients
It is estimated that 1 in 10 hospital inpatients in Scotland have experienced a medication error.In our unit, an audit Piping Tips and Tubes in 2019 identified documentation of as-required prescriptions on drug Kardexes as an important target for improvement.This project aimed to reduce the percentage of these errors to <5% in the ward in 6 mont