Exploring the factors and barriers of healthcare professionals in tertiary care hospitals toward pharmacovigilance: a multicenter study from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Muhammad Junaid Hassan SharifMuhammad Junaid FarrukhFaiz Ullah KhanQasim KhanSardar Shabbir AhmedRozina KousarTawseef AhmadSyed Mobasher Ali AbidMuhammad AshfaqShujaat Ali Khan

Published in: Current medical research and opinion (2022)

There is an overall lack of knowledge and poor reporting practices among health care professionals on ADR reporting and pharmacovigilance. Hence the study suggests that strategies should be devised by all the stakeholders to properly educate and train the healthcare professionals in this area to enhance overall patient safety and safe use of medicines.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
healthcare
patient safety
tertiary care
quality improvement
electronic health record
emergency department
drug induced
primary care
mass spectrometry
social media