A CME titled "Materiovigilance, Need of the Hour for Every Healthcare Professional" was organized by Regional Training Centre, Materiovigilance, Dept. of Pharmacology, AIIMS Bhopal in association with Indian Pharmacopeia Ghaziabad on Friday. This CME was organized to observe the third National Pharmacovigilance Week which is being celebrated from September 17 to 23.
The Aim of the CME was to sensitize healthcare professionals regarding the safe use of medical devices. The CME was inaugurated by the Executive Director of AIIMS Bhopal Prof(Dr.) Ajai Singh. The CME was attended by 130 delegates, which included faculty members, doctors, nursing staff, lab technicians & biomedical engineers of Bhopal.
Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Bhavya & Dr. Rishika. Dr. Ajay Shukla, Dept. of Pharmacology, delivered the talk on "An Overview of Materiovigilance Program of India".
Dr. Ahmad Najmi, Dept. of Pharmacology, delivered the session on "Medical Device Adverse Event (MDAE) Reporting Tools". Dr. Shubham Atal, Dept. of Pharmacology delivered the talk on "Causality assessment of MDAEs". A Hands-on training on MDAE reporting form was also conducted in the CME.
The Materiovigilance Quiz was conducted by Dr. Abhishek Mishra. The top five persons from AIIMS Bhopal were also felicitated for their active contribution in MDAEs reporting. These were Dr. Manish Dwivedi, Additional Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Dr. Navinchandra M Kaore, Additional Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, Dixon Peter, Assistant Nursing Superintendent, Chanchal Kumar Meghwal, Senior Nursing Officer& Infection Control team.