Adverse drug events following vaccination reported to ADR monitoring centre in Kumaon region

Sinha A.K; Belwal G; Srivastava B; Gupta A

Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2019

Adverse drug events following vaccination reported to ADR monitoring centre in Kumaon region

Sinha A. K, Belwal G, Srivastava B, Gupta A

Abstract :

Vaccination is the process of making an individual‘s defence or immune system fortified against an immunogen. It is an essential and important part of public health programmes, making the medical intervention cost effective. However, like pharmaceutical products they are associated with some risk which can be mild or serious. It requires active surveillance to monitor and record such risk. This was a retrospective study conducted at the tertiary care centre at Dr.Sushila Tiwari Government Medical College Hospital, Haldwani and nearby hospitals from Feb 2018 to Oct 2018 with the purpose of analysing the adverse drug events related to vaccines. A total of 15 patients were recruited, out of which 60 % were males and 40 % were females. Most common adverse reaction was local swelling 52.6% whereas Pentavalent vaccine 68.4% was most commonly implicated in causing adverse reactions. WHO causality scale assessed 79 % of reactions as possible and 21 % as probable.