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Table 7 Antibiotics prescribing errors observed in patients with UTI in Dilchora hospital, Diredawa, 2021

From: Antibiotics prescribing practice among patients with urinary tract infection at outpatient department, the case of Dilchora referral hospital, Eastern Ethiopia: an institutional retrospective cross-sectional study

Parameter

Category

Frequency

Percentage

Antibiotics prescribing errors observed

Strength of drugs

9

1.51%

Dosage form

61

10.17%

Quantities of medications

49

8.17%

Route of administrations

12

2%

Frequency of administration

11

1.83%

Duration of therapy

20

3.33%

Strength of drugs

9

1.51%

Total error

171

28.52%