Table 2

Prevalence of dispensed items with one or more labelling error(s), content error(s), enhancement(s) and EPSR2-specific intervention(s) for each type of prescription

Hand-written
n=81 (%)
Computer-generated non-EPS
n=3654 (%)
EPSR1
n=8889 (%)
Total non-EPSR2 n=12 624 (%)EPSR2 n=3733 (%)OVERALL n=16 357 (%)
Content error1 (1.2)75 (2.1)94 (1.1)170 (1.3)52 (1.4)222 (1.4)
Labelling error (including EPSR2-specific labelling error)9 (11.1)160 (4.4)439 (4.9)608 (4.8)277 (7.4)885 (5.4)
EPSR2-specific labelling errorNANA0016 (0.4)16 (0.1)
Labelling enhancement6 (7.4)454 (12.4)1232 (13.9)1692 (13.4)533 (14.3)2225 (13.6)
EPSR2-specific interventionNANA00817 (21.9)817 (5.0)
  • EPSR2, Electronic Prescription Service Release 2.