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Friday 23rd September 2022 at 12:05 AM

One week important programs in CMC

Ludhiana: 23rd September 2022: (Kartika Singh//Punjab Screen)::

Adverse drug reaction (ADR) monitoring centre of CMC, Ludhiana concluded one week programs in training doctors, nurses and pharmacists in reporting ADR of various medicines using the available tools like toll free helpline number 1800 180 3024 of Pharmacovigilance Program of India (PvPI), ADR PvPI app or submitting one page ADR form to ADR centre of CMC, Ludhiana. The series of program are part of annual week of PvPI (Nov 17-23), which is being run under aegis of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India. Dr. William Bhatti, Director, CMC inaugurated the prize distribution session and quiz on ADR. Dr William interacted with budding doctors to inculcate the culture of reporting ADRs in routine practice. He awarded First prize in e-poster of ADR to Sia Datta who designed poster on  theme of the week “Encouraging reporting of ADRs by patients”. Dr. Jeyaraj D Pandian, Principal, CMC highlighted the importance of reporting ADRs especially for all new drugs to improve patient safety. Dr. Dinesh Badyal, Vice Principal (Med Edu) & Coordinator of ADR centre informed that CMC centre has been reporting ADRs from CMC and nearby institutes for 11 years. Dr Badyal informed that patients can also report ADRs by using forms available in 10 local languages from website https://www.ipc.gov.in/ mandates/pvpi/pvpi-updates.html. Dr. Badyal and Dr. Prabhjot Kaur, Patient Safety Pharmacovigilance Associate in the centre imparted hands-on training on filling & submitting ADR forms. The ADRs forms collected are contributed to national centre in Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission which are further contributed to WHO database. They informed that doctors can also access detailed information on ADR of drugs on http://vigiaccess.org/. The quiz VigiBuzz 2022 on ADsR is won by Riha Gupta and Ishita Gupta. 

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