Analysis of prescription errors in a hospital in the southern region of tocantins

The prescription is the bridge between diagnosis and treatment of the patient. To be effective and safe this document must be clear, complete, and rational. Toanalyze prescription errors in the Orthopedics, Obstetrics, and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Reference Hospital of Gurupi - TO. This is a cross-sectional, documental, descriptive, and retrospective study of medication prescription analysis. Data were collected from the second copies of prescriptions of patients admitted to the Orthopedics, Obstetrics, and ICU sectors from October 1 to November 30, 2021. During the proposed period, 2,642 prescriptions were analyzed, 5and 8.4% of them were digitalized. Of the three sectors, the ICU prevailed with the best aspect regarding legibility and absence of erasures, which is justified by having 86% of digitalized prescriptions. 33% of the prescriptions did not show the patient's age, standing out the Obstetrics with the highest number of prescriptions, unlike the ICU and Orthopedics that had in their prescription model a field for this data. Regarding drug allergy, only (3. of 6%) of prescriptions were alerted to its presence; 93% of the prescriptions did not have the dose of all prescribed drugs, being a risk factor for the occurrence of medication errors. The use of acronyms was present in 94.8% of the prescriptions, which can cause misinterpretation. Prescription errors are a reality in the hospital environment, especially regarding the omission of information, putting the patient directly at risk and violating his/her safety.