PMID- 21507783
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110926
LR  - 20110421
IS  - 1878-6847 (Electronic)
IS  - 0924-6479 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 1
DP  - 2011
TI  - The involvement of Pharmacovigilance Centres in medication errors detection: a 
      questionnaire-based analysis.
PG  - 17-29
LID - 10.3233/JRS-2011-0513 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: This study assesses the ability of Pharmacovigilance Centres (PVCs) 
      to detect medication errors (ME) and to proceed to building Patient Safety (PS) 
      via their information networks and to underline the limits for this challenge. 
      METHODS: This was an exploratory study conducted in PVCs members of the World 
      Health Organization International Drug Monitoring network. A questionnaire 
      specifically designed for the needs of the study was sent to a network via a 
      confidential email system. The questionnaire asked for information, progress and 
      improvement made by PVCs in PS and ME. RESULTS: Among the 88 countries, 21 
      answered. Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) by health care professionals 
      (HCP) is mandatory for 42% of PVCs. 100% of countries receive reports from HCP, 
      66% from patients and 24% from PCCs. ADRs reports are received by all 
      communications means. There is an heterogeneity between countries regarding PVCs 
      and PS activities. Among them, 4 PVCs have the prime activity of PS organization. 
      CONCLUSION: PVCs are able to detect and analyze ME. There is a need to coordinate 
      efforts between countries to optimize ME detection, and its analysis. Bridges 
      need to be built linking PVCs, PCCs and PS organizations in order to avoid 
      duplication of workload.
FAU - Benabdallah, Ghita
AU  - Benabdallah G
AD  - Moroccan Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Centre, Rabat, Morocco. 
      ritabenabdallah@gmail.com
FAU - Benkirane, Raja
AU  - Benkirane R
FAU - Khattabi, Asmae
AU  - Khattabi A
FAU - Edwards, I Ralph
AU  - Edwards IR
FAU - Bencheikh, Rachida Soulaymani
AU  - Bencheikh RS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Int J Risk Saf Med
JT  - The International journal of risk & safety in medicine
JID - 9100907
SB  - IM
MH  - Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems/*standards
MH  - Computer Communication Networks/*organization & administration
MH  - Drug Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Drug and Narcotic Control/*organization & administration
MH  - Humans
MH  - International Cooperation
MH  - Mandatory Reporting
MH  - Medication Errors/*prevention & control
MH  - Patient Participation
MH  - Poison Control Centers/organization & administration
MH  - Self Report
MH  - World Health Organization
EDAT- 2011/04/22 06:00
MHDA- 2011/09/29 06:00
CRDT- 2011/04/22 06:00
PHST- 2011/04/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/04/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/09/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - 1616N43U375W2464 [pii]
AID - 10.3233/JRS-2011-0513 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Risk Saf Med. 2011;23(1):17-29. doi: 10.3233/JRS-2011-0513.