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Indian J. Pharm. Pract. 1(2), Jan-Mar, 2009provide unbiased drug information to healthcare from FDA and other agencies.professionals. The centre is registered with IRDIS, an Drug Information Centre works towards in2International Register of Drug Information Services promotion of safe, effective, rational and economic use2Drug Information ServicesThe centre provides in-depth, unbiased source of of drugs by the health professionals and patients.crucial drug information to meet the needs of the Structure of Drug Information Centrepracticing physicians, pharmacists and other health Framework of drug information centre is a crucial taskcare professionals in following areas:which will determine the efficacy of work & service.Adverse Drug Reactions - Suspected adverse drug 3Setup & Equipmentreactions are assessed. Specific information regardingThe centre should equipped with computer terminalspredisposing factors, relationship to dose or duration oftherapy, incidence, clinical manifestations, and with printer & printed material (current periodical,management are provided.bound journal volume, references texts) and hasEvaluation of Drug Reactions - The significance of aaccess to Medline, the internet and various otherdrug-drug, drug-food, drug-disease or drug laboratorytest interaction is evaluated. The data of drug-drug, drugonlinedrug and medical references.food and drug-disease obtained from the hospitals and The centre should maintain subscription to nationallymedical institutes.recognized journal and text of Pharmacy and Medline.Foreign Drug Identification - The DIC attempts to Centre should have direct access to computerized onidentify drugs in other countries. When possible the DICprovides product composition and US equivalent. Anline data searching CD ROM database and access toassessment of the efficacy and potential hazards of theproduct are also given. Data for foreign can be obtainedthe world wide web (www) should beavailable.(Table1)Table 1 The Framework of Drug Information Centre 1Books, JournalsFormulariesComputer DatabaseDrug Information ServiceWorld Wide Web(www)Poison CentreAccessCallersPhysiciansPharmacistsNursesResearchersStudentsPharmacy & therapeutic CommunitiesLegal aidsDr ug industriesMarketing firmDisseminationInformationReprintAnswer to telephone callComputer retrieval systemInternet SearchPublication & EducationDrug Policy & DecisionCost Benefits AnalysisSharing & Debating on InformationInformation to Patients22
Indian J. Pharm. Pract. 1(2), Jan-Mar, 2009Staff, Student & Scheduling530(1997) (mean 654.0, range 531-773), respectively.DIC requires one full time director, one full time resident In august 1997, the Karnataka state pharmacy counciland six pharmacy students.established its drug information centre. The centreThe state pharmacy council (Department of Pharmacy) received 1002 calls for the period from august 1997 toprovides the secretarial support. This centre also servesJuly 2000. the queries from doctors were only 132as training site for undergraduate & post graduate student(13.2%). rest the all queries were from patients,of pharmacy.1,3,6pharmacists and drug regulatory authorities. after theEvaluation of the performance of DICThe evaluation of the drug centre at university of awareness program the total numbers of queries receivedKentucky medical center revealed that there was a steady fro the period of August 2000 to January 2002 was 1592increase number of call from the year of 1994 to 1997. and 658 (41.3) were from doctors. Rest 59% of theThe average and range of calls per month form January enquiries was from patient, pharmacist and drug1994 to December 1997 also documented a steady regulatory authorities. The majorities of queries (75%)increase form>350 (1994) (mean 421.7, range 351-548) were received from Bangalore. Response time wasto >400(1995) (mean 467.4, range 416-604) to recorded and about 80% of enquiries were answered>520(1996) (mean 608.3, range 523-704) and to > within 30 minutes.Table 2. List of the Indian Drug Centre & Clinical Pharmacy Department. 2Independent drug information centreCDMU Documentation Centre,CalcuttaDrug information centre, MaharashtraState Pharmacy council, MaharashtraAndra Pradesh State PharmacyCouncil, Andra PradeshKarnataka State Pharmacy Council,KarnatakaJSS, OotyTamilnadu Pharma Information Centre,ChennaiHospital attached drug information centre with clinicalpharmacy serviceChristian Medical College Hospital, Vellore TalimnaduDrug information centre(KSPC), Bowring & Lady CurzonHospital, Bangalore, KarnatakaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Chidambaram, TamilnaduDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, National Institute ofPharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), ChandigharJawaharlal Nehru Medical Hospital, Belguam, KarnatakaJSS, Mysore, KarnatakaJSS, Ooty, TamilnaduN.R.S Medical Hospital, CalcuttaKempagowda Institute Medical Sciences (KIMS), BangaloreKarnatakaKasturba medical college, Manipal, KarnatakaPoison Information Centre, AIIMS, DelhiPoison Information Centre, National Institute ofOccupational Health, AhemdabadDepartment of toxicology, Amrita Institute Medical Science& Research, CochinToxicology & IMCU Unit, Government General Hospital,ChennaiSri Ramachandra hospital, Porur, ChennaiSri Ramachandra Mission Hospital, Coimbotore, TamilnaduTrivandrum medical college, Trivandrum, Kerela23
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