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Volume 4, Issue 2 American Journal of Ethnomedicine
ISSN 2348-9502
Natural Products Congress & World Pharma Congress 2017
October 16-18, 2017
3rd World Congress on
NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY AND RESEARCH
&
12th WORLD PHARMA CONGRESS
October 16-18, 2017 Budapest, Hungary
PVGpractice: Suggested approach in improving adverse drug reaction reporting and factor perceived
may be influencing pharmacovigilance practice among health care providers in Lagos state
Temitope Oyeneye1, Joda A2 and Awiligwe A 2
1Drug Consult Pharmacy, Nigeria
2University of Lagos, Nigeria
The success or failure of any pharmacovigilance activity depends on the reporting of suspected adverse reactions. ADR reporting
with yellow cards has tremendously improved pharmacovigilance of drugs in many developed countries and its use is advocated
by the World Health Organization (WHO). ADR reporting among health care workers in Nigerian tertiary institutions is at a very
low practice. A cross sectional study was made involving 75 medical doctors, 75 pharmacists and 30 nurses was surveyed with
self-administered questionnaire which had undergone some modification to suit Nigerian environment. The questionnaire was
validated through scrutiny in the Clinical Pharmacy department of University of Lagos and the zonal head of the NPC in LUTH.
The Questionnaire was distributed through various heads of the units and professional acquaintances and was allowed to stay with
them so as to allow attending to the question. The questionnaire sought the demographics of the HCPs; the factors they perceived
may influence pharmacovigilance practice and suggestion on the possible way to improve ADR reporting. The result gave 95.6%
response rate. A majority of the HCPs responds to positive impact in improving ADR reporting and factors militating the practice.
Education and training was the most recognized means of improving ADR reporting. Adverse drug reaction reporting among the
Nigerian health care professional proves to be inefficient and lack a proper data base documentation. Though, there has however
been a slight improvement when compared to previous studies. Social workers and all sectors of the health care system need to be
involved. Governments needs to include private hospitals, retails dispensaries and traditional medicine. PV reporting centre should
also be at primary health centre, effort must be to train staffs who would flag off the monitoring and documentation of ADR, lack
of local expertise in pharmacovigilance could be tackled through developing exchange programmes with NAFDAC and sharing of
best practices, there should be established organizers of public health and drug access campaigns in local languages and with regional
surveillance stem and creating a specific centre for pharmacovigilance in all hospitals will help the advancement.
Biography
Temitope Oyeneye completed her Graduation at Olabisi Onabanjo University and internship at Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. Presently, she
is working as Pharmacist at Drug Consult Pharmacy, Nigeria. She has years of experience in interpreting a prescription and administration of pharmaceutical drugs
in both government hospital and private corporate pharmacy stores.
Temitope Oyeneye et al., American Journal of Ethnomedicine, 4:2
DOI: 10.21767/2348-9502-C1-002