Open AccessA Qualitative Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Pharmacovigilance among Doctors and Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India
Author(s) -
Bharat Gajjar,
Nazima Mirza,
Alpa Gor,
Malkesh Mistry,
Nishal Shah
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/24623.9647
Subject(s) - pharmacovigilance , medicine , drug reaction , nursing , adverse drug reaction , family medicine , qualitative research , under reporting , tertiary care , workload , adverse effect , drug , pharmacology , social science , statistics , mathematics , sociology , computer science , operating system
Pharmacovigilance is the branch of science that deals with the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse reactions to medicines (i.e., adverse drug reactions or ADRs). The purpose of pharmacovigilance is to implement the safe and rational use of medicines, which ultimately helps in improving patient care.