Evaluations of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Among Healthcare Professionals in a Tertiary Care Hospital at North Part of Sindh Pakistan

Purpose of present study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and common practice of adverse drug effects among health care workers. Observation and descriptive reporting of prescription were conducted among health professionals in a tertiary care hospital at Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. The research was conducted as cross sectional study with a questionnaire, overall about 110 questionnaires assigned to the participants including 65 doctors, 35 nurses and 10 pharmacists. From the total number only 76 participants (63.3%) filled the questionnaire and returned back within the due course of time. Only 40.1% of the healthcare workers were aware with the noxious drug effect form which is yellowish in color and that is supposed to be the official one. 41.8% of the participants on any occasions experienced and reported a detrimental drug reaction. The way of reporting was mostly expressed and verbal in near about 76% of the cases. Scarcity of the proper knowledge of reporting form and in addition to these hurdles many other factors were involved for non-declaration of unfavorable medication reaction in dispersion through participants of this survey. Study revealed that a major portion about 75% of the nurses reported at least a case of adverse drug reactions (ADR) as unlike to medical doctors that is 31.8%. There is dire need of proper, periodic or regular training program. The programs should be organized and implement such protocols and guidelines regarding ADR reporting among health care professionals. Because less than half of the respondents were familiar with the hospital pharmacovigilance committee, about the type of reaction to be reported. A large number (> 71%) of the participants were familiar that suspected, serious and certain reaction should be reported.