BACKGROUND Paper-based adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting has been in practice for more than 6 decades. Health professionals remain the primary source of reports, while the value of patients' reporting is yet unclear. With the increasing popularity of using electronic gadgets in health, it is expected that the electronic transmission of reports will become the norm within a few years. OBJE...

BACKGROUND Patients are important stakeholders in pharmacovigilance; however, little formal evaluation has been undertaken of existing patient reporting schemes within and outside Europe. If patient reporting is to be recognized as beneficial for pharmacovigilance and further optimized, methodology and best practice must be internationally shared and promoted. OBJECTIVE This study aims to rev...

1Patient Safety Section, Therapeutic Effectiveness and Policy Bureau, Marketed Health Products Directorate, Health Canada; 2Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program, Canadian Paediatric Society; 3Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences and Department of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario Correspondence: Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program, 2305 St Laurent Boulevar...

INTRODUCTION Poor reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) by doctors is a major hindrance to successful pharmacovigilance. The present study was designed to assess first-year residents' knowledge of ADR reporting. METHODS First-year postgraduate doctors at a private medical college completed a structured questionnaire. The responses were analyzed by nonparametric methods. RESULTS All doc...

IJMDS ● www.ijmds.org ● July 2017; 6(2) 1498 Original Article Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of Pharmacovigilance among the interns in a tertiary care hospital in northern IndiaA questionnaire based study Garg P, Sharma V, Bajaj JK ABSTRACT Background: The use of drugs and occurrence of its ADRs go hand in hand. Spontaneous reporting of ADRs is an effective method and needs to b...

Adverse drug reactions (ADR) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, often identified only post-marketingly. Improvement in current ADR reporting, including utility of underused or innovative methods, is crucial to improve patient safety and public health. Hospital-based monitoring is one of the methods used to collect data about drug prescriptions and adverse events. The aims of th...

INTRODUCTION Spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is used for continuous risk-benefit evaluation of marketed pharmaceutical products and for signal detection. The Adverse Drug Event Manager (ADEM) is a service offered to clinicians employed at hospitals in the Capital Region of Denmark. The ADEM assists healthcare professionals in reporting suspected ADRs to the Danish Health ...

© 2017 Ancient Science of Life | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Sir, There is a paucity of systematic documentation apropos the occurrence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and other safety issues of Ayurveda medicines. National Pharmacovigilance program (NPP) for Ayurvedic drugs is concerned with re‐evaluation of marketed drugs, risk management, promoting rational drug use, and crisis prep...

Pharmacovigilance plays an important role in the rational use of medicines by providing information about adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in the general population. Knowledge of ADRs caused by drugs is important for effective treatment. KIST Medical College has recently joined the national pharmacovigilance program as a regional center. Clinicians, pharmacists, house officers, nurses and other st...

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and contribute to the incidence of adverse events, resulting in increased healthcare costs. Healthcare providers need to understand their role and responsibility in the detection, management, documentation, and reporting of ADRs, all essential activities for optimizing patient safety. The purpose of this article is...