Uppsala Reports Long Reads – 10 critical steps for patient safety

How do we minimise the harm caused to patients by medicines and
medical devices? In October 2019, a diverse, multi-stakeholder
group met in Erice, Italy and drew up a 10-point plan for
improving patient safety worldwide.

This episode is part of the Uppsala Reports Long Reads series –
the most topical stories from UMC’s pharmacovigilance magazine,
brought to you in audio format. Find the original article here.


After the read, we reach UMC director Marie Lindquist in her home
in Gothenburg, Sweden to discuss the relevance of the Erice
statement, as the world copes with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tune in to find out:


What actions we should be taking to protect patients from
medicine-related harm

Why collaboration between evidence-based medicine and
pharmacovigilance is crucial

Why transparency is of the essence when communicating
uncertainty



Want to know more?
The full statement produced by the Erice group is
entitled “Improving the detection, analysis, and reporting of
harms in medicines and devices”.

The original Erice Declaration of 1997 laid the groundwork for
good communication practices in the pharmacovigilance field and
was updated in 2006 and in 2017.





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