Comparative, cross-sectional study of the format, content and timing of medication safety letters issued in Canada, the USA and the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess consistency in the format and content, and overlap of subject and timing, of medication safety letters issued by regulatory health authorities to healthcare providers in Canada, the USA and the UK.

Design

A cross-sectional study comparing medication safety letters issued for the purpose of alerting healthcare providers to newly identified medication problems associated with medications already on the market.

Setting

Online databases operated by Health Canada, the US Food and Drug Administration and the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency were searched to select medication safety letters issued between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2014. Format, content and timing of each medication safety letter were assessed using an abstracti

SUBMITTER: Bjerre LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194396 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature