Risk of Intussusception with Rotavirus Vaccine

Abstract

Since intussusception, the emerging safety as one of the important safety concern, healthcare professionals are advised to monitor and report to the concerned authority for appropriate action.

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards pharmacovigilance among postgraduate medical students at a tertiary care hospital: a cross sectional questionnaire based study

“…The contribution of India to the WHO global individual case safety reports database is 3%. 10 In India, 64.4% physicians reported ADRs, followed by 15.1% of pharmacists and 20.4% other health care professionals including nurses and physiotherapists, while 0.016% of non-health care professionals reported ADRs to PvPI between July 2011 to December 2012.…”

“…8 Since 2011, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has been working as National coordination centre (NCC) which has made a rapid progress in ADR monitoring in India since 5 years. 10 Assessing the knowledge about pharmacovigilance among healthcare professionals, not only re-sensitizes them to the process but also provides information about the lacunae that is hindering the system. The knowledge of healthcare professionals about pharmacovigilance has been evaluated by various studies, but reporting the same exclusively by postgraduates is limited.…”

“…In India, 179 teaching hospitals including corporate hospitals have been identified as Adverse drug reaction monitoring centres (AMCs). 10 It is essential to establish AMCs in every hospital as it will function towards promoting the safe use of medicines by contributing to appropriate education in pharmacovigilance and training activities. Among 79.30% of postgraduates who have encountered ADRs during clinical practice, only 2% of postgraduates have reported ADRs which is in accordance with the results obtained by Gupta P et al, where 2.9% of doctors have reported ADRs.…”

“…This improvement seen in five years could be the result of continuous training of health care professionals about ADR reporting as well as communication through newsletters, articles in scientific journals and national newspapers. 10 In view of these results, to improve spontaneous reporting rates, the authors suggest to organize training programmes, an uncomplicated reporting system with quick feedback regarding their specific report and also all other reports received by the pharmacovigilance system. Gestures like acknowledgement of the receipt of the report and an appreciation note would motivate them to continue the pharmacovigilance activities.…”

An evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance among medical students and doctors at a tertiary care hospital

“…7 In the year 2013, India's contribution to WHO-UMC's global drug safety database (Vigibase) was 2%. 8 India is one of the countries whose contribution to UMC database is still not significant. The ADR reporting rate in India is below 1% compared to the worldwide rate of 5%.…”