Introduction:

The intra-hospital drug distribution system, comprise multiple chain processes, with the participation of different people, which is susceptible to the generation of errors.

Objective:

The purpose was to know the generation of possible errors during the data registration process in the intra-hospital drug distribution system of the Japanese Bolivian Gastroenterological Institute of Cochabamba.

Methodology:

Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study; where a checklist was used to review the record made in the forms: kardex, recipe book / receipt and treatment sheet in the hospitalization service, as well as the record of dispensed drugs made in the pharmacy service.

Results:

In the hospitalization service, errors of omission were identified in the treatment kardex, specifically in the registry of the pharmaceutical form: tablets and bottles. In the pharmacy service, errors of omission were also found in the registry of the same pharmaceutical formulations. In the hospitalization and pharmacy services, commission errors were found with the registration of different doses in the forms of prescription, receipt and treatment sheet and of dispensed medication, respectively, higher than 30% in all cases.

Conclusions:

The errors identified in the hospitalization service were omission and commission type registry errors. In the pharmacy service, the errors found were commission-type registration errors.