Online ISSN: 2515-8260

PHARMACOVIGILANCE : KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE (KAP) OF DENTAL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS RELATED TO ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS

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Dr. Iram Kahkashan, Dr. Sana Farooq, Dr. Nazia Lone,

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Proper knowledge and training in the dental curriculum is a key factor for proper implementation of Pharmacovigilance Programme of India ( PvPi) . This questionnaire based study was conducted on undergraduates of Government Dental College ,Srinagar to evaluate about Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of dental graduates on adverse drug reaction . 78% thought pharmacovigilance should be taught in detail to dental health care professional in their academic curriculum of their undergraduation. 54% of the participants said they weren’t ever trained to report Adverse Drug Reaction . 86% had a knowledge how to report Adverse Drug Reacction(ADR) using Redcard or Vigiline.

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