Antibiotic prescription errors: the relationship with clinical competence in junior medical residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A large portion of prescribing errors can be attributed to deficiencies in medication knowledge. These errors are preventable and most often occur at the time of prescription. Antimicrobials are the drug class most common incorrectly prescribed.

Objective

To characterize the relationship between clinical competence and antibiotic prescription errors. We also investigated the frequency and severity of antibiotic prescription errors to identify items and attributes of clinical competence which are correlated with the antibiotic prescription error ratio.

Method

A cross-sectional study was applied to assess clinical competence of junior medical residents in two reference academic hospitals and a regional hospital in Mexico City. It was conducted during February

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Dominguez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9199232 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature