by katta amulya, vignan pharmacy college, guntur

1. PRESENTED BY:
KATTA. AMULYA
( IV Pharm-D )
13AB1T0014
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
MRS.P. NAGA SUBRAMANYESWARI
M PHARM [Ph.D]
SUBMITTED TO:
CHAIRPERSON OF SEMINAR COMMITTEE
DR. K. RAJYA LAKSHMI
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ESTABLISHING A DRUG INFORMATION
CENTER

2. INTRODUCTION
 The main function of Drug Information Centres (DIC) is to
provide written and / or verbal information or advice about any
information related to drugs or its therapy to healthcare
providers, organizations, committees, patients and to public in
response to their request. Finally this will help better patient
care by all means.
 WHO supports independent DIC`s as a core component of
national programmes to promote better healthcare to all.
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3. HISTORY
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4. CLASSIFICATION OF DRUG INFORMATION
CENTERS
 It can be mainly classified into three type’s i.e.
 • 12Hospital based DIC
 • Industry based DIC
 • Community based DIC
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5. NEED OF DIC
 The primary function of a drug information centre is to respond
to enquiries on therapeutic drug use. Most centers provide
services to health professionals and some also offer a service to
the public. In some cases toxicology information is also
provided
 The various functions of drug information centre is as follows: €
 DRUG EVALUATION
 THERAPEUTIC ADVICE
 PHARMACEUTICAL ADVICE
 EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
 RESEARCH
 PHARMACOVIGILANCE
 TOXICOLOGY
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6. FUNCTIONS
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7. STAFFING
 Pharmacist; specialists with proper knowledge of drug and
actions associated with it with academic degree. ƒ
(they provide drug information)
 Pharmacy Technicians & Students
(they assist pharmacists in providing drug information like
literature searching,retrieval of data,resources updating etc)
 People trained in library science with computer knowledge
(they are supporting staffs in DIC for their own expertise)
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8. THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION/RESOURCES
AVAILABLE
Primary Source:
 Information is presented by authors without any evaluation by a
second party.
 Provides must current information about drugs.
 Examples; articles published in journals(eg British Medical Journal),
thesis etc.
Secondary source
 The original source has been evaluated by second party other than the
publisher.
 Modified and rearranged form
 Examples; review articles like lexis-nexis, Medline etc
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9. Tertiary sources:
 Information obtained from primary and secondary source and arranged
in a manner to represent a composite of the available information.
 Examples; Representative form Pharmacopeias - BP, USP, IP, BNF
etc., Encyclopedia Dictionaries Guides, text books
Other Sources:
The DIC also receives information from
 The public and hospitals about the Adverse effects of any drug
 Local drug lists
 National Formularies
 Hospital Formularies
 Internet
 Phone calls to Manufacturers
 Government and Non-government organizations
 and also to other DIC’s.
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10. LIST OF DRUG INFORMATION CENTRES IN INDIA
 • Andhra Pradesh State Pharmacy Council, Andhra Pradesh.
 • Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka.
 • CDMU Documentation Centre, Kolkatta.
 • Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, Tamilnadu.
 • Department of Pharmacy Practice, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu.
 • Department of Pharmacy Practice, National Institute of
Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Chandigarh.
 • Drug Information Centre, Victoria Hospital, Bangalore.
 • Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital (JNMC), Belgaum,
Karnataka.
 • JSS, Ooty, Tamilnadu.
 • JSS, Mysore, Karnataka.
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11. Table-1 [Sources of Drug Information]
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12. Table-2 [Literature research databases]
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13. Table-3 [Tertiary Drug Information Resources]
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14. CONCLUSION
 Pharmacists faced number of challenges when developing
drug information systems. We should utilize existing
resources to monitor drug use cost effectively. Future of
clinical pharmacy and drug information system in India is
very bright. Government and private hospitals should
come forward to establish DIC and to provide patient
focused services through efficient drug information
centers.
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15. REFERENCES
 https://www.slideshare.net/srkhere/drug-information-final
 https://www.google.co.in/search?
q=drug+information+centre+ppt&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&v
ed=0ahUKEwj85N7OhpDTAhUEMo8KHaJAARgQ_AUIBigB&biw=1242&
bih=602#tbm=isch&q=drug+information+centre&*&imgrc=mc5lOAfeQv241
M:
 http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/sites/default/files/downloads/drugs_and_poison_inf
ormation.pdf
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