Table 3.
Knowledge of healthcare providers towards ADR reporting in Mizan Tepi University Teaching Hospital from August to September 2021.
| Variables | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ever heard about existence of ADR reporting system in Ethiopia | Yes | 139 (73.2) |
| No | 51 (26.8) | |
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| Knowledge about existence of national ADR monitoring guidelines | Yes | 97 (51.1) |
| No | 93 (48.9) | |
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| Knowledge about how to report ADRs | Yes | 110 (57.9) |
| No | 80 (42.1) | |
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| Organization responsible for monitoring ADR reports | Ministry of Health | 73 (38.4) |
| Ethiopian Food and Drug Administration (EFDA) | 55 (29.9) | |
| Universities | 12 (6.3) | |
| Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) | 14 (7.4) | |
| Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Association | 19 (10) | |
| I do not know | 17 (8.9) | |
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| Knowledge about existence of ADR reporting form | Yes | 119 (62.63) |
| No | 71 (37.37) | |
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| Professionals responsible in ADR reporting | Physicians | 35 (18.4) |
| Nurse | 31 (16.4) | |
| Pharmacy professional | 52 (27.4) | |
| All health professional | 66 (34.7) | |
| I do not know | 6 (3.2) | |