Pharmacists, Royal Medical Services, Jordan.

Pharmacists, Royal Medical Services, Jordan.

Pharmacists, Royal Medical Services, Jordan.

Pharmacists, Royal Medical Services, Jordan.

Pharmacists, Royal Medical Services, Jordan.

Pharmacists, Royal Medical Services, Jordan.

Pharmacists, Royal Medical Services, Jordan.
Prescription ,Dispensing ,Practice ,Out patients ,

The objective of this study is to assess drug prescribing and dispensing practices in the outpatient daily pharmacy of AlHussein hospital in the Royal Medical Services (RMS). A quantitative study of 1000 prescriptions was conducted to determine the prescribing and dispensing patterns at outpatient daily pharmacy of Al-Hussein hospital in the (RMS). The average number of drugs per prescription was 2.31 the percentage of prescriptions with an antibiotic or injection prescribed was (57.7% - 4.7 %) respectively on the other hand, the percentage of prescriptions with diagnosis written was 62.3%, while the percentage of prescriptions with dosage written was 88.3%. Based on the result of this study more comprehensive studies are recommended to be done at regular intervals. The prescribing and dispensing practices in our health facility were shown a small deviation from WHO standards. Better training and supportive supervision is needed.

5 , 12 , 2015