Adverse drug reactions are responsible for mortality and morbidity during medical care. Spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reaction from treating physician plays an important role in assessing the benefit and risk profile of marketed drugs periodically.To assess the knowledge and attitude about adverse drug reaction reporting among the health care professionals working in a tertiary care hos...

background: adverse cutaneous drug reactions (acdrs) are the most commonly reported adverse drug events. the causative drugs and clinical patterns of acdrs are different in various populations. this study was conducted to identify the clinical patterns, causative drugs and reasons for drug administration in patients hospitalized due to acdr. materials and methods: this retrospective study was c...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate awareness among nurses regarding their new role as reporters of adverse drug reactions in Sweden and factors that may influence reporting by nurses. METHODS In 2007, all nurses were included in the adverse drug reaction reporting scheme in Sweden. A questionnaire was sent to 753 randomly selected nurses in September 2010. RESULTS Of th...

adverse drug reaction (adr) is one of the most life threatening problems, and the economic burden of adr is considerable. the main objective of this study was to assess the attitude of the kerman health system staff, to evaluate their knowledge of the spontaneous reporting system and to identify the reasons for low reporting rate. in this descriptive study, a persian translated questioner was u...

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are considered as one of the leading causes of death among hospitalized patients. Thus reporting of adverse drug reactions become an important phenomenon. Spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting form is an essential component and a major tool of the pharmacovigilance system of any country. This form is a tool to collect information of ADRs which helps in establ...

Introduction: The voluntary reporting of adverse drug reactions requires continuous stimulation and motivation.
 Methods: It is achieved by the development a positive approach towards pharmacovigilance among healthcare professionals so that reaction becomes an accepted understood routine.
 Results: In summary, various strategies developed made available in India to stimulate reporting...