Retrospective Analysis of Green Coloured Prescriptions Isuued in A Family Medicine Unit

Objective: Green Coloured Prescription system is carried out in order to ensure the controlled use of psychotropic substances and patent-medicines by issuing them only by a physician to the patient for his/her treatment. In this study, it is aimed to analyze the green coloured prescriptions which are arranged at a certain time interval in the family medicine unit. Methods : The study has been designed as a cross-sectional, descriptive and retrospective study and the green coloured prescription records of a family medicine unit between the dates of August 2015 – December 2016 were investigated. Results: Among all patients 8 out of 1000 were prescribed with green coloured prescription while among all issued prescriptions 7 out of 1000 were green coloured prescription. The medication which was mostly prescribed as green coloured prescription was Clonazepam. Phenobarbital was the most-prescribed medication per prescription. Conclusion: The green coloured prescription is a system bearing serious responsibilities, therefore , its tracking is highly important. Amac: Yesil recete sistemi, psikotrop madde ve mustahzarlarinin, tedavisinde ihtiyac duyulan hastaya, doktor tarafindan yazilarak kontrollu kullanimini saglamak amaciyla uygulanmaktadir. Bu calismada, aile hekimligi biriminde belirli bir zaman araliginda duzenlenen yesil recetelerin analiz edilmesi amaclanmistir. Gerec ve Yontem: Calisma kesitsel, tanimlayici ve retrospektif olarak tasarlanmis olup, bir aile hekimligi biriminin Agustos 2015- Aralik 2016 tarihleri arasindaki yesil recete kayitlari incelenmistir. Bulgular: Butun hastalarin 8/1000’ine yesil recete duzenlenmis olup, yazilan butun recetelerin 7/1000’i yesil recetedir. En cok yesil recete duzenlenen ilac Klonazepam olup recete basina en cok kutu yazilan ilac Fenobarbital’dir. Sonuc: Yesil recete ciddi sorumluluklar tasiyan bir sistemdir, takibi onem arz etmektedir.