ELECTRONIC YELLOW CARDS - ADR REPORTING IN MiDATABANK
MiDatabank is UKMi and MHRA approved for submission of electronic yellow cards (eYC).
The first MiDatabank electronic yellow card was sent on the 28th of February 2011 by North West Medicines Information Centre in liverpool.
The UKMi Executive gave approval for the national roll-out of eYC at UKMI centres using MiDatabank in September 2011.
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL REPORTING - MHRA GUIDE WHAT TO REPORT
Excerpt taken from www.mhra.gov.uk
Reporting
Please complete a Yellow Card if you have a suspicion that a drug has caused an adverse reaction. Do not delay reporting, even if you are in doubt about causality.
Please submit reports for the following:
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BLACK TRIANGLE PRODUCT LISTS - MHRA BLACK TRIANGLE DRUGS
Excerpt taken from www.gov.uk
New medicines and vaccines that are under additional monitoring have an inverted black triangle symbol (▼) displayed
in their package leaflet and summary of product characteristic, together with a short sentence explaining what the triangle means
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UKMi SOP - Yellow Card Submissions via MiDatabank
Yellow Card (YC) reports of suspected adverse drug reactions to the Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) are an important aspect of pharmacovigilance in the UK.
MI pharmacists and technicians frequently come across adverse drug reactions (ADRs) when
answering enquiries.
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UKMi - ADR Good Practice Guide
Data Protection and confidentiality
Please adhere to data protection principles and avoid typing/copying and pasting any patientidentifiable
data into the Adverse Event Description box (freetext box at top of ADR Input
screen).N.B. The Yellow Card generated in MiDatabank contains no patient
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DRUG ANALYSIS PRINTS (DAPs) - MHRA Drug Analysis Prints
Excerpt taken from www.yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk
The MHRA is pleased to launch interactive Drug Analysis Profiles (iDAPs) on the Yellow Card website.
These replace Drug Analysis Prints, which were previously available on the MHRA website.
iDAPs are provided for all
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FOR FURTHER READING
- A CPPE online learning package 'Adverse Drug Reactions 2006' and an update are available for downloading. You need to be a pharmacist or pharmacy technician registered with the GPhC to access CPPE. Register or login at http://www.cppe.ac.uk/mycppe/login.asp You can navigate to the pack from the CPPE homepage at 'home/learning/open learning/open learning portfolio'
- Drug Safety Updates: www.mhra.gov.uk/drugsafetyupdate
- Towers K. Give Adverse Drug Reactions the Yellow Card. Clinical Pharmacist 2010; 2: 350 www.pjonline.com/news/cp201011_news_feature_adverse_drug_reactions
REGIONAL YELLOW CARD CENTRES
YELLOW CARD CENTRE
NORTH WEST (YCCNW)
Yellow Card Centre
North West
2nd Floor
70 Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L69 3GF
70 Pembroke Place
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YELLOW CARD CENTRE
NORTHERN & YORKSHIRE
Regional Drug and Therapeutics Centre
16/17 Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AB
16/17 Framlington Place
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YELLOW CARD CENTRE
SCOTLAND
51 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA
51 Little France Crescent
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YELLOW CARD CENTRE
WALES
All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
Academic Building
University Hospital Llandough
Penlan Road
Penarth
Vale of Glamorgan CF64 2XX
University Hospital Llandough
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YELLOW CARD CENTRE
WEST MIDLANDS
To be confirmed