Feras A Mustafa, Rizwana Jafry.
Survey on the documentation of previous drug allergies/ side effects in medication charts of patients in a psychiatric intensive care unit.
J Pak Psych Soc Jan ;6(2):104-104.

This survey was conducted to establish whether this information is being documented in the medication chart by the admitting doctor. The data were obtained from the current medication chart, previous medication charts and the patient’s clinical records. RESULTS A. Demographics 33 patients were admitted or transferred to the Pendered ICU during the survey period (18 males and 15 females). Of these patients, 18 were admitted to PICU from the community and 15 were transferred from other wards. 10 patients were admitted for the first time and 23 had previous admissions in the past. 28 patients were white British; 2 each were black Caribbean and white Polish; and one patient was black African. B. Medication chart results Out of the total number of charts available (both current and previous ones), which was 95, only 36 charts had the relevant information documented whereas 59 charts did not. C. Current medication chart results a ) Admissions from the community: Out of 18 patients admitted to PICU, 8 patients had the relevant information documented in their medication charts, 9 had no documentation and one patient had no medication chart written by the admitting doctor. b ) Transfers from other wards: Out of 15 patients transferred to PICU, 5 patients had the relevant information documented in their medication charts and 10 patients had no documentation. In total, out of 33 patients surveyed, only 13 had the relevant information documented in their current drug charts whereas 19 did not. (Short Communication).

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