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WorksheetsPharmacovigilance Quiz Nursing
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The main purpose of pharmacovigilance is:
To check drug safety and report side effects
To sell more medicines
To test new products only
To promote advertisements
An Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) means:
A harmful or unwanted effect of a medicine
A medicine working properly
A benefit of the medicine
The drug's normal action
In India, which authority looks after drug safety?
CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organization)
ICMR
AIIMS
DBT
The WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring mainly:
Collects and studies ADR reports from many countries
Helps in selling medicines
Approves new drugs
Tests on animals
Why should nurses report ADRs?
To update safety information about drugs
To increase medicine sales
To advertise brands
To reduce patient visits
Who can report an ADR?
Only doctors
Only pharmacists
Any nurse, healthcare worker, or patient
Only government
Materiovigilance is about:
Monitoring problems with medical devices (like syringes, pacemakers, IV pumps)
Checking food items
Looking at vaccine supply
Studying DNA risks
Which of these is a medical device?
Syringe
Tablet of paracetamol
Capsule of antibiotic
Glucose powder
When should nurses report ADRs?
Whenever any unexpected or serious side effect occurs
Only if it is life-threatening
Only for new medicines
Never, unless asked
Causality assessment in ADR means:
Checking if the reaction is really caused by the drug
Counting medicine cost
Finding fake medicines
Checking if drug works faster
Spontaneous reporting means:
Nurses or healthcare workers report ADRs after noticing them in patients
Only clinical trial reporting
Reporting only in labs
Reporting only by pharma companies
The National Coordination Centre (NCC) in India:
Collects ADR reports from hospitals and nursing colleges
Approves new medicines
Produces drugs
Runs private hospitals
The main aim of Materiovigilance is:
Improve patient safety by monitoring device-related problems
Increase sales of devices
Test prototypes only
Record insurance claims
Example of a device-related problem:
Pacemaker not working properly
Overdose of tablet
Two drugs reacting together
Vitamin deficiency
Correct steps for ADR reporting are:
Identify → Document → Fill ADR form → Send → Follow-up
Ignore the problem
Change the drug silently
Stop medicine and do nothing
A pharmacovigilance centre mainly:
Collects ADR forms and improves medicine safety
Increases drug doses
Promotes new drugs
Replaces hospitals
Which form is used in India for ADR reporting?
Suspected ADR Reporting Form
Purchase form
Maintenance form
Consent form
The WHO also promotes safety monitoring of:
Medical devices
Food packaging
Nursing courses
Insurance schemes
A serious ADR is:
Reaction needing hospitalization or is life-threatening
Mild skin rash
Headache
Tiredness
Nurses should fill an ADR form with:
Patient details, drug name, reaction details, reporter's name
Only drug price
Only patient's address
Only hospital name
