BACKGROUND The promotion of patient safety and drug safety through promotion of pharmacist's drug safety practice was among the most important aims of China's health delivery system reform, but regional inequity in pharmacist's drug safety practice was still serious in China. METHODS The 2011 national patient safety and medication error baseline survey was carried out for the first time in Ch...

Literature reports of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with medicinal products for human use are not just an integral part of signal detection activities, but are also an important source of information for professionals involved in patient management. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that Adis (Springer) announces the launch of Drug Safety Case Reports, a new peerreviewed...

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Drug safety monitoring is important in children. Young age, polypharmacy, prolonged hospitaliza-tion, being critically ill and use of unlicensed and off-label drugs have been identified as risk factors which predispose a child to experience an adverse drug reaction. In our country, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, setting up of intensive care units, increasing availability of imaging studies, and the int...