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. 2012 May-Jun;67(3):231-6.
doi: 10.2515/therapie/2012017. Epub 2012 Aug 9.

[Could we improve notification of adverse drugs reactions in hospital? Assessment of 5 years of network PharmacoMIP's activities]

[Article in French]
Julien Jacquot  1 , Mireille Gony, Dominique Baudrin, Xavier Chastel, Jean-Louis Montastruc, Haleh Bagheri
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[Could we improve notification of adverse drugs reactions in hospital? Assessment of 5 years of network PharmacoMIP's activities]

[Article in French]
Julien Jacquot et al. Therapie. 2012 May-Jun.

Abstract

Background: Spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADR) is fundamental to drug safety surveillance (pharmacovigilance) and assessment of benefit/risk ratio. However, under-reporting remains the limit of the system.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of regular visits of an Assistant in Clinical Research (CRA) on the improvement of ADR reporting in non-university hospitals.

Methods: We set up an ADR report collecting system that involved regular visits in non-university hospitals, We began the visits in 2006 in 2 areas (Haute Garonne and Gers), extended to 4 other areas in 2009. We compared the reporting rate (number of reports/number of beds) of total ADRs reported by non-university hospitals in these areas before (one year) and after the start of CRA visits.

Results: A total 2831 of reports were collected by the CRA: 40% were "serious" including two deaths. The results suggest an increase of 100% of the rate of reporting of ADRs.

Conclusion: This study shows that regular visits increases the number of ADRs reported by non-university hospitals. Further assessment of this procedure is necessary for long term evaluation of its effectiveness.

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