• 1. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Pharmacy Department, Chengdu Shangjinnanfu Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
XU Ting, Email: tingx2009@163.com
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Objective  To investigate the method and effect of continuous improvement of adverse drug reaction (ADR) monitoring in a major public hospital’s cooperating branch hospital. Methods  PDCA cycle management was used to continuously improve the quality of ADR monitoring. ADR report network platform was established in the fourth quarter of 2014; ADR report specification training for the medical personnel was held in the first quarter of 2015; a examine mechanism was built in the second quarter of 2015. The quality and quantity of ADR monitoring before and after the PDCA cycle management were analyzed. Results  ADR report timeliness conform to the requirements increased from 45.5% (from the first to third quarter of 2014) to 98.1% (from the fourth quarter of 2014 to the second quarter of 2015); accurate ADR types checking, normal name writting, and complete process description increased from 68.6%, 65.7%, 8.6% (from January 2014 to Frequency 2015) to 92.9%, 96.4%, 85.7% (from March to June 2015); the quantity of ADR report was obviously improved. Conclusion  Learning from public hospital’s experience and considering its own condition in ADR monitoring, cooperating branch hospital utilizes PDCA cycle management which could continuously improve the ADR monitoring.

Citation: FENG Xiaorong, XIAO Guirong, XU Ting. Continuous improvement of adverse drug reaction monitoring in a major public hospital’s cooperating branch hospital. West China Medical Journal, 2017, 32(12): 1919-1922. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201604189 Copy

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