Assessment of adverse drug reporting system in four major hospitals of Jaipur, India
9th International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmacovigilance & Drug Safety
July 17-18, 2017 Munich, Germany

Rahul Sharma

IIHMR University, India

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Pharmacovigil

Abstract:

Adverse drug reaction (ADR) leads to significant mortality and morbidity in whole world and is a matter of concern for health professionals. Pharmacovigilance system has been implemented in India via National Pharmacovigilance program since 2004 (and Pharmacovigilance Program of India from 2010). Since inception the program is not able to cater the Indian healthcare need hence, the number of ADR report are very low (less than 2%) when compared with rest of the globe. A descriptive study was performed in four major public and private hospitals of the Jaipur, India including semi-structured interview of key stakeholders like doctors, pharmacists, nurses and patients; total sample of 1022 was studied for their knowledge, attitude and perception for the adverse drug reporting system in the hospitals. The key findings include the limited counseling, low use of visual aid lack of awareness and knowledge. The stakeholders perceive the overdose is the reason for ADR and they also find doctors majorly as a reason for ADR. The study recommends use of training and visual aids for stakeholder for enhancing ADR reporting in India.

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