Abstract
The PRE-AVOID (be PREpared to AVOID adverse drug reactions) program at Hino Hospital is part of the pharmaceutical care by hospital pharmacists including instructions on the use of drugs. However, regardless of its efficiency as a part of risk management, the program is thought to not yet be well known among doctors and nurses at the hospital.
This study examines and assess the knowledge of “PRE-AVOID"by doctors and nurses at the Hino hospital. 20 doctors and 51 nurses took part by filing survey sheets on awareness, importance and the necessity of feedback about “PRE-AVOID". Although 88.9 % of doctors and 61.4 % of nurses did not know the program, most considered it important and hoped for feedback on it. Thus, so far the program is used among the hospital's pharmacists, but this study shows a necessity to further spread information about it among the other hospital staff.
