Investigation on the ADR Reporting Entities in Shaanxi and Sichuan Province / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To understand the present situation of ADR reporting entities in Shaanxi and Sichuan province,and provide evidence for the improvement of ADR monitoring. METHODS:Getting the overview of ADR monitoring at home and abroad by reading a lot of literature,the ADR monitoring entities(drug manufacturers,drug distributors and medical institutions) in Shaanxi and Sichuan province were selected as subject for cluster sampling,questionnaires were sent out and descriptive statis-tics analysis was adopted to processing and analyze the results. RESULTS:Totally 198 questionnaires were received,100 for Shaanxi province and 98 for Sichuan province. In Shaanxi and Sichuan province,there are 61 and 63 investigated subjects had es-tablished ADR monitoring departments,98.0% and 100% had had personnel for the ADR work;ADR monitoring work mostly be-longed to the quality control department in drug manufacturers and drug distributors,and belonged to pharmacy department in medi-cal institutions;most of them were equipped with computer,printer and other basic office equipment;however,the major duty of most was not clearly;13 and 23 subjects had special budget for ADR monitoring;87 and 89 subjects had communication with lo-cal ADR monitoring center,however,the information feedback was not very ideal;training the workers accounted for 80.0% and 83.0%,respectively;in terms of system construction,the standard operation procedure was relatively good,and the other related was not ideal;reporting quickly when finding ADR was 89.0% and 96.9%,88.0% and 96.9% of which had backup records for ADR reporting,it was mainly network report;Shaanxi province was better than Sichuan province about the satisfaction evaluation of ADR work. CONCLUSIONS:According to the results,it is suggested to adjust the structure of workers,buy related software re-source,improve the responsibilities and strengthen the financial support to promote the implementation of ADR monitoring.