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Simmy George Kovoor, Rajalakshmi. R, Malarvi Zhi. S, Simmy George Kovoor
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10.52711/ijnmr.2025.36 
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Simmy George Kovoor, Rajalakshmi. R, Malarvi Zhi. S, Simmy George Kovoor
MSc (N) Student, College of Nursing, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry.
Assistant Professor, Dept of Medical Surgical Nursing, College of Nursing, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry.
Professor and Head, Dept. of Medical Surgical Nursing, College of Nursing, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry.
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Volume - 4,
Issue - 4,
Year - 2025
ABSTRACT:
Medication practices should be based on particular policy maintained by the hospital. This can reduce errors and enhance patient safety. To expedite the development of strategies for reducing errors, it is necessary to identify where within the system the problems lie. It is a quantitative exploratory approach study used to audit the medication practices among Health Professionals. Descriptive research design was used. Simple random sampling technique used. Data collection was done using two tools which consisted of both checklist and four-point rating scale. The findings of the study revealed that there is no set policy in the hospital for proper practice of medication. In this study with regard to for storage of medicines in the cupboard, 5(62.5%) areas showed average level of practices and 3(37.5%) areas were under poor level of practices. With the maintenance of crash cart, 14(87.5%) areas showed average practices and 2(12.5%) areas showed good practices. From this study it is clear that 10(76.9%) areas maintained average level of practices for maintaining refrigerator and 3(23.1%) areas had poor level of practices. Out of that 1(14.3%) had poor practices for maintenance of narcotic cupboard, 3 (42.9%) areas had average practices and 3(42.95%) had good practices for maintenance of narcotic cupboard. With regard to documentation of medicines, the doctors and nurses maintained an average level of documentation practices of 71% and 75% of case sheets, respectively. Findings of the study revealed that there is a need for timely auditing of medication practices in the hospital and that there must be a standardized policy for the medication practices with regard to storage and documentation of medication in the hospital.
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Simmy George Kovoor, Rajalakshmi. R, Malarvi Zhi. S, Simmy George Kovoor. A Study on Auditing of Medication Practices among Health Professionals of Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry. A and V Pub International Journal of Nursing and Medical Research. 2025; 4(4):197-0. doi: 10.52711/ijnmr.2025.36
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Simmy George Kovoor, Rajalakshmi. R, Malarvi Zhi. S, Simmy George Kovoor. A Study on Auditing of Medication Practices among Health Professionals of Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry. A and V Pub International Journal of Nursing and Medical Research. 2025; 4(4):197-0. doi: 10.52711/ijnmr.2025.36 Available on: https://ijnmronline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-4-4-2
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