naa a22 4500 510740685 CHVBK 20180411083027.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11845-013-0900-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11845-013-0900-7 An audit of generic prescribing in a general surgical department [Elektronische Daten] [M. Gleeson, P. Coyle, M. Clarke Moloney, S. Walsh, P. Grace] Background: The Health Service Executive introduced a generic prescription policy to reduce costs. Despite this, generic prescription rates remain low. Aim: To audit in-patient prescription practice in a single surgical department and identify potential savings which could be realised by adherence to the generic prescribing policy. Methods: Surgical in-patient charts were obtained at the point of discharge and their drug prescription information was recorded. Results: 51% of prescriptions involved a trade-name prescription where an appropriate generic equivalent existed. The cost implications for hospital and community patients were found to be greatly affected by substitution policies that exist at hospital pharmacy level. Conclusion: There is a need to promote greater adherence to generic prescribing amongst hospital doctors in line with international best practice. It can have a positive impact in terms of safe prescribing and can have cost implications at both hospital and community level. Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 2013 Prescriptions nationallicence Prescription policy nationallicence Trade-name drugs nationallicence Cost effectiveness nationallicence Generic prescribing nationallicence Generic substitution nationallicence Gleeson M. Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut Coyle P. Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut Clarke Moloney M. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut Walsh S. Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut Grace P. Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut Irish Journal of Medical Science Springer-Verlag 182/3(2013-09-01), 403-408 0021-1265 182:3<403 2013 182 11845 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-013-0900-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-013-0900-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gleeson M. Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Coyle P. Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Clarke Moloney M. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walsh S. Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grace P. Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Irish Journal of Medical Science Springer-Verlag 182/3(2013-09-01), 403-408 0021-1265 182:3<403 2013 182 11845 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer