Pharmacy student driven detection of adverse drug reactions in the community pharmacy setting

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Troels Christensen ◽  
Birthe Søndergaard ◽  
Per Hartvig Honoré ◽  
Ole Jannik Bjerrum
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Adverse Drug Reactions ◽  
Pharmacy Student ◽  
Drug Reactions ◽  
Pharmacy Setting

scholarly journals Spontaneous Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions In Community Pharmacy

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. A289
Author(s):  
Y.M. Yu ◽  
B. Koo ◽  
K. Jeong ◽  
K.H. Choi ◽  
L. Kang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Adverse Drug Reactions ◽  
Spontaneous Reporting ◽  
Drug Reactions

scholarly journals Pharmacy Student Facilitation of Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions in a Hospital

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Wentzell ◽  
Tiffany Nguyen ◽  
Stephanie Bui ◽  
Erika MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Drug Reactions ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Pharmacy Student ◽  
Drug Reactions ◽  
Hospital Data ◽  
Adr Reporting ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Student Facilitation

<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p><strong>Background:</strong> Health Canada relies on health professionals to voluntarily report adverse reactions to the Canada Vigilance Program. Current rates of reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are inadequate to detect important safety issues.</p><p><strong>Objective:</strong> To assess the impact of pharmacy student facilitation of ADR reporting by pharmacists at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Canada. Methods: The intervention of interest, implemented at one campus of the hospital, was facilitation of ADR reporting by pharmacy students. The students received training on how to submit ADR reports and presented information sessions on the topic to hospital pharmacists; the pharmacists were then encouraged to report ADRs to a designated student for formal reporting. Frequency of reporting by pharmacists at the intervention campus was compared with reporting at a control campus of the same hospital. Data were collected prospectively over a 6-month pilot period, starting in April 2015.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> During the pilot period, 27 ADR reports were submitted at the intervention campus, and 3 reports at the control campus. All student participants strongly agreed that they would recommend that responsibility for submitting ADR reports to the Canada Vigilance Program remain with pharmacy students during future rotations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Availability of a pharmacy student to facilitate reporting of ADRs may increase the frequency of ADR reporting and could alleviate pharmacist workload; this activity is also a potentially valuable learning experience for students.</p><p><strong>RÉSUMÉ</strong></p><p><strong>Contexte :</strong> Santé Canada compte sur les professionnels de la santé pour signaler sur une base volontaire les réactions indésirables au programme Canada Vigilance. Les taux actuels de déclaration des réactions indésirables aux médicaments (RIM) ne permettent pas de repérer les problèmes de sécurité importants.</p><p><strong>Objectif :</strong> Évaluer l’effet d’une intervention permettant aux étudiants en pharmacie de faciliter la déclaration des RIM par les pharmaciens dans un hôpital universitaire de soins tertiaires au Canada.</p><p><strong>Méthodes :</strong> L’intervention en question, mise en place dans l’un des établissements de l’hôpital, se résumait à permettre aux étudiants en pharmacie de faciliter la déclaration de RIM. Les étudiants étaient formés pour soumettre des déclarations de RIM et ont présenté des séances d’information sur le sujet aux pharmaciens d’hôpitaux; ces derniers étaient ensuite encouragés à signaler les RIM à un étudiant désigné qui procédait alors à une déclaration formelle. La fréquence de déclaration par les pharmaciens à l’établissement où l’intervention était mise en place a été comparée à celle d’un établissement témoin du même hôpital. Les données ont été recueillies de façon prospective sur une période de six mois pour l’étude pilote qui a commencé en avril 2015.</p><p><strong>Résultats :</strong> Pendant l’étude pilote, on a procédé à 27 déclarations de RIM à l’établissement où a eu place l’intervention alors que, dans l’établissement témoin, on en a signalé que trois. L’ensemble des étudiants ayant participé étaient tout à fait d’accord pour que la responsabilité de produire des déclarations de RIM au programme Canada Vigilance demeure une tâche pour les étudiants en pharmacie au cours de stages futurs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions :</strong> La mise à contribution d’un étudiant en pharmacie pourrait accroître la fréquence de déclaration des RIM et pourrait réduire la charge de travail du pharmacien. De plus, cette tâche peut représenter une expérience d’apprentissage précieuse pour les étudiants.</p>

scholarly journals Cross-sectional study exploring barriers to adverse drug reactions reporting in community pharmacy settings in Dhaka, Bangladesh

BMJ Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e010912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nurul Amin ◽  
Tahir Mehmood Khan ◽  
Syed Masudur Rahman Dewan ◽  
Mohammad Safiqul Islam ◽  
Mizanur Rahman Moghal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Adverse Drug Reactions ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Drug Reactions ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Counseling provided by the pharmacist in Romanian community pharmacy: the patients’ perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-118
Author(s):  
Mihaela Ela Iancu ◽  
Camelia Bucsa ◽  
Andreea Maria Farcas ◽  
Daniel Corneliu Leucuta ◽  
Adriana Dincu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Adverse Drug Reactions ◽  
Psychotropic Drugs ◽  
Drug Reactions ◽  
Interventional Study ◽  
Length Of Treatment ◽  
Laboratory Results ◽  
Patients Perspective

Background and aims. Patient education is a critical task that may be carried out by the pharmacists, especially in the context of contemporary pharmacists’ roles, which tend to be closer to patients and their needs. This study aimed to evaluate the counseling provided by the pharmacist in the community pharmacy, from the patient’s perspective.Patients and methods. We conducted a prospective, non-interventional study in 520 pharmacies from 10 Romanian counties across the country. The first 10 visitors of the pharmacy on a given day were asked to complete a questionnaire regarding the counseling provided by the pharmacist during the visit.Results. More than 90% of patients received advice from the pharmacist on the route of administration, use in relation to meals, dosage and length of treatment. More than 80% of the patients were counseled on the medicine contraindications and precautions, interactions with other medicines and food, side effects, additional changes in lifestyle and diet appropriate to the condition and the necessity to immediately consult a doctor/pharmacist in case of adverse drug reactions. Lower percentages were registered for advising the patient on the obligation to return to pharmacy the unused psychotropic drugs (38.04%) and the ability of the drug to modify the laboratory results (47.66).Conclusions. The results of the present study showed that the counseling activity in the community pharmacy is carried out by the pharmacists in a high proportion, according to the patients’ feedback.

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