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INCIDENT REPORTING POLICIES:

7.2 ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING

POLICY

All suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported to the pharmacy department or identified by a pharmacist will be investigated by a clinical pharmacist. All unexpected or significant ADRs will be forwarded to the B.C. Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC).

PROCEDURE

  1. Yellow ADR alert forms are available on every nursing unit.
  2.  When a suspected ADR is reported to the pharmacy department or identified by a pharmacist, an ADR report form will be completed by a clinical pharmacist
  3. Completed ADR report forms will be FAXED to the B.C. Regional ADR Centre upon completion (806-8262). Original to be filed in the ADR file.
  4. Once a year, a summary report is prepared and published in the Drug & Therapeutics Newsletter and reported to the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee