OBJECTIVE: To investigate the pre-review and intervention of medical orders of Chinese patent medicine in all wards of Beijing Friendship Hospital

Capital Medical University（ hereinafter referred to as “our hospital”）

so as to reduce clinical medication errors and unnecessary drug repercussion and ensure the safety of clinical medication. METHODS: In 2020

totally 32 512 medical orders of Chinese patent medicine were pre-reviewed in all wards of our hospital

and irrational medical orders were summarized and analyzed. RESULTS: In 2020

of the32 512 medical orders of inpatient ward medication and discharge medication in our hospital

356 were wrong medical orders（ 1. 09%）

mainly for orthopedic rheumatism wards

tumor wards and urology wards. Among the 356 wrong medical orders of Chinese patent medicine

there were 183 wrong medical orders（ 51. 40%）

which were mainly manifested as long-term medical orders; there were 173 medical orders for off-label drug use（ 48. 60%）

including offlabel single dose

wrong medication frequency

off-label dose of the total number of medical orders and off-label dose of discharge medication

mainly involving drugs such as Maren soft capsules and Ganmao Qingre granules.CONCLUSIONS: Clinical pharmacists play an important role in ensuring the safety of clinical medication

while the professional level of clinical pharmacists themselves needs to be improved. Meanwhile

clinicians should strengthen the understanding of Chinese patent medicine dosage form

and the improvement of cognition for clinicians to drug instructions is an important measure to ensure the safety of clinical drug use.