Nurses are increasingly involved in pharmacovigilance in Sweden

Ulfvarson, Johanna; Mejyr, Stefan; Bergman, Ulf

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“…Because nurses are in the ward at all times, it is most likely that any acute adverse drug reaction will first be observed by them, hence it is important that they participate in the spontaneous reporting scheme. In countries where nurses are already participating in the ADR reporting scheme, studies have shown that they indeed contribute positively towards the promotion of ADR reporting [7,24]. In this study, a majority of the nurses reported some form of ADR through the nurses daily report book and not the yellow card reporting scheme.…”

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“…The importance of healthcare workers in the area of spontaneous reporting of ADRs and development of ADR databases worldwide has been established in previous studies [7,8]. Previous studies from different regions in Nigeria have concentrated on the perception and practice of ADRs reporting among physicians only while excluding other cadres of healthcare workers [9][10][11].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Centre in Northern Nigeria

Fadare¹,

Enwere²,

Afolabi³

et al. 2011

Trop. J. Pharm Res

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Centre in Northern Nigeria

Fadare¹,

Enwere²,

Afolabi³

et al. 2011

Trop. J. Pharm Res

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“…35 Estes profissionais são responsáveis pela administração e monitorização da terapêutica, particularmente nos idosos, estando numa posição privilegiada para identificar iatrogenia medicamentosa. [35][36][37][38][39] Apesar da nova legislação de Farmacovigilância permitir que tanto os profissionais de saúde como os utentes possam notificar suspeitas de reações adversas, a contribuição destes últimos tem sido residual. 40 Os utentes já estavam autorizados a notificar suspeitas de reações adversas há alguns anos noutros países, por exemplo na Dinamarca, na Holanda ou no Reino Unido.…”

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Farmacovigilância em Portugal: Atividade da Unidade Regional do Centro

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Introduction:The aim of this study was to characterize the spontaneous reports of adverse events that were received by the Central Portugal Regional Pharmacovigilance Unit. Material and Methods: Spontaneous reports received between 01/2001 and 12/2013 were considered. The annual reporting ratios were estimated. The cases were characterized according to their seriousness, previous description, causality assessment, origin and professional group of the reporter, type of adverse event and pharmacotherapeutic groups of the suspected drugs most frequently reported. Results:The Pharmacovigilance Unit received 2408 reports that contained 5749 adverse events. In 2013, the reporting rate was estimated at 171 reports per million inhabitants. Fifty-five percent of the reports were assessed as serious. Ninety percent of the cases were assessed as being at least possibly related with the suspected drug. The suspected drugs most frequently reported were antiinfectives for systemic use (n = 809, 33%). The most frequently reported adverse events were "Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders" (n = 1139, 20%). There were 154 (6.4%) reports resulting in life-threatening situations and/or death, and 88 (3.6%) containing at least one adverse event assessed as serious, unknown and certain or probable. Discussion: The present results are in line with those found in other studies, namely the seriousness and type of the adverse events and the pharmacotherapeutic groups of the most frequently reported suspected drugs. Conclusion:In the last years, the Central Portugal Regional Pharmacovigilance Unit has registered a growth in the reporting rate in general, as well as an increase in the reporting of unknown and serious adverse drug reactions.

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“…10,11 Previous studies reported a strong association between adverse drug reactions reporting and knowledge, attitude and practice of the healthcare professionals. 6,14,13,15 Therefore to establish and improve Pharmacovigilance program in any country, improving the knowledge, attitude and practice of health professional is essential.…”

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Community Pharmacists Knowledge, Behaviours and Practice of Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting in Lagos State, Nigeria

Usifoh¹,

Aika²,

Odili³

et al. 2018

IJOPP

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Introduction: Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting is essential to ensure safe use of medication. Objective: To assess community pharmacists' knowledge, behaviours and practice of ADR reporting in Lagos State. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey using self-administered questionnaire distributed to randomly selected pharmacists in retail community pharmacies in Lagos State. The instrument is a 62 item structured questionnaire in four sections; the demographics, knowledge about ADR reporting system, assessment of practice and attitude on ADR reporting; and the behavior and practice of patients counseling about ADR by community pharmacists. Data analysis was done with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Results: Majority (31.9%) of the respondents have practiced in community pharmacies for less than 5 years, 62.7% of the community pharmacists were familiar with adverse drug reaction reporting. 57.8% of the pharmacists have internet facility in their pharmacies and 79.4% of the respondents were aware that community pharmacists can submit adverse drug reactions online. In the preceding months, 78.4% of the pharmacists had encountered many serious ADR but only 27.0% reported them. The reasons for underreporting of ADR included uncertainty about causality (52.0%), respondents not sure of which ADR to report (38.2%), no access to reporting forms (33.8%), ignorance of the rule of reporting (30.4%), and complexity of the reporting forms (16.2%). Conclusion: There is low reporting of adverse drug reactions by community pharmacists attributable to insufficient knowledge and high level of untrained community pharmacists in pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions reporting.

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Nurses are increasingly involved in pharmacovigilance in Sweden

Abstract: Nurses, in their position as drug administrators who record signs and symptoms of the patients, play an increasingly important role for detection of suspected ADRs and are now contributing to a significant amount of the ADR reporting in Sweden.

Cited by 55 publications

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Centre in Northern Nigeria

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Centre in Northern Nigeria

Farmacovigilância em Portugal: Atividade da Unidade Regional do Centro

Community Pharmacists Knowledge, Behaviours and Practice of Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting in Lagos State, Nigeria

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