Adverse drug reactions of medical devices reported by Hubei

Yesterday, the provincial food and Drug Administration reported the latest ADR reports of medical devices. From January to February, 3414 ADR cases were reported in the whole province, an increase of 26.87% compared with the same period in 2015, and 58.7 cases were reported in a million people.
 
Among the ADR events, new and serious reports accounted for 32.4%, of which 365 cases were serious reports, accounting for 10.69% of the total. 255 cases of medical device adverse events were reported in the province, an increase of 11.84% compared with the same period last year, and 4.38 cases were reported in a million people.
 
In recent years, the food and Drug Administration of our province regularly publicized the adverse reaction events to the public, and increased the publicity of relevant safety drug use knowledge, so as to enhance the positive effect of public awareness of safe drug use. According to the relevant person in charge of the provincial food and drug administration, with the gradual strengthening of adverse drug reaction monitoring and scientific evaluation of the risk-benefit ratio between adverse drug reactions and disease prevention and treatment, the number and quality of adverse reaction events collected by the regulatory authorities have been greatly improved.