Many adverse drug reactions among hospital and emergency care patients are preventable
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 03:31
in Health & Medicine
Hyderabad, India: Many cases of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) seen in hospital and emergency care could be prevented, says a new study to be presented to the annual conference of the International Pharmaceutical federation (FIP) tomorrow (Thursday) . The researchers who carried out the study say that the finding that preventable ADRs are so widespread has important implications for healthcare systems.