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Objective: To analyze and identify the factors of irrational medical orders after pre-review and interventions in pharmacy intravenous admixture service (PIVAS), so as to improve pre-review efficiency and standardize rational medication. Methods: The 6746 irrational medical orders in PIV AS from September 2018 to August 2019 were analyzed by classification and Pareto chart analysis. According to the error categories of medical orders and the inpatient regions involved, the medical orders were respectively divided into three categories; A, B and C, and typical cases of various categories of factors were analyzed. Results: First, the causes of irrational medical orders were analyzed. The main factors of category A included overdose medication, incompatibility of drugs and inappropriate frequency of drug use, accounting for 71.4%. The minor factors of category B included inappropriate solvent varieties or dosages, accounting for 18.1%. 10.5% of irrational medical orders were classified as the factors of category C, such as application error, order entry errors and so on. Then, analyses were made concerning irrational medical orders in various inpatient regions. The main factors of category A were associated with the 1st and 3rd inpatients regions of the Neurosurgery Department, the Hepatobiliary, the Pancreatic and Splenic, the Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery and the Stomach and Small Intestine Departments, accounting for 75.6%. The minor factors of category B were associated with the Neurosurgery Department E and the Tumor Radiotherapy Inpatient Region, accounting for 14%. The general factors of category C were associated with the Colorectal, ENT and Breast Surgery Departments, accounting for 10.4%. Conclusion: The analysis and summary of irrational medical orders in PIVAS could improve the pharmacists' ability of pre-review and interventions of medical orders and further promote rational drug use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]