Abstract
e6 Volume 37 Number 8S To detect DDIs and improve the quality of prescribing, the SFINX (Swedish, Finnish, INteraction X-referencing) database has been integrated to electronic health records in North Estonia Medical Centre (NEMC) from the end of the year 2014. The aim of this pilot study was to describe first-time data of DDIs detected during prescribing of drugs for outpatient use at NEMC. Material and Methods: Data about prescribed drugs and detected type D (clinically significant interaction that should be avoided) and type C (clinically relevant interactions that can be handled, eg, by dose adjustments) DDIs after prescribing in NEMC has been obtained from NEMC during the period from January 1 to January 31, 2015. All earlier outpatient prescriptions from last 180 days were considered in DDI analysis, too. Results: During the period studied, 25,421 prescriptions were written in NEMC: 10,644 for men and 14,777 for women. A total of 23,295 new type D and C DDIs were detected, consisting of 164 unique pairs of type D and 741 pairs of type C DDIs, respectively (Table).
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