The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7268 p398
27 September 2003

This article
Reprint
Photocopy

BPC News summary

Related websites
BPC news, articles and links (more)

ADR reporting

Hospital doctors need to be encouraged to report suspected adverse drug reactions in children, according to a study reported at the BPC by researchers from Wales. Of 43 hospital doctors questioned, only 30 per cent believed that all ADRs in children should be reported and 75 per cent would not report a known complication of a medicine. Reporting rates could be improved by training, reminders and involvement of other staff.