Objective: To determine the medication errors in Pediatric outpatient practice at a tertiary care institute, Eastern India. Design: Hospital based cross sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: Pediatric outpatient department of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, 2014 May and June. Methodology: 40 outpatient pediatric prescription were evaluated for drug dosage error. Results: Out of 40 prescription papers 4(10%) there was no mentioned of provisional clinical diagnosis and seven Papers (17%) had dosage error. In 21 (52.5%) cases there was no mention of route of administration of the drugs. Conclusion: Dosing error in paediatric outpatient department is a common problem.Training regarding writing of prescription is essential for the residents before they are posted in paediatrics OPD. Intermittent continuous medical education of residents are required on regular basis.

Keywords: Medication; Pediatric; Medication error.