TERITIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL

Main Author: Dr. M. Madan Mohan Rao, C. Veera Vamsi, K. Sujan Kumar, J. Lavanya, E. Sam Jeeva Kumar
Format: Article
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2018
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/1235923
Daftar Isi:
  • Pharmacovigilance is ‘’the science and activities concerned with the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse reactions or any other drug related problems to medicines’’.‖Pharmacovigilance plays an important role in ensuring patients safety. The main aim of the study is the role of clinical pharmacist in pharmacovigilance and drug safety in Teritiary care teaching hospital. The patients were included based upon the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The Adverse reactions were assessed by using different scales and the assessed adverse reactions was reported to the pharmacovigilance centres. The study reveals that majority of the females(57%), younger age people (30%) and illiterates(57%) are affected with the drug related problems. Here by we conclude that clinical pharmacists could offer effective patient care by means of their intervention in pharmaceutical care and hence improved therapeutic outcome could be reached. Key Words: Pharmacovigilance, Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Clinical Pharmacist.