How to set up Drug Information Unit

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Hello friends, We want to start a "DRUG INFORMATION UNIT " at our college. If anybody having information regarding it please guide us.What are the prerequisite for set up. any official permission is required and from whom.Are there any softwares available for sharing or buying.The web addresses of other centers if we required any other informationWho should run the centre, i.e pharmacist, pharmacologist. Dr. Sachin Hiware,Assistant Professor,Dept. Of Pharmacology,Indira Gandhi Govt. Medical College,Nagpur,Maharashtra.Pin-440018

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Dear Sachin,

Wishes from Warangal...

The prerequisite to open a drug information center ( UNIT) are

1) drug information resources, which are divided as follows

a) Primary DI resources e.g: Internet websites which gives an access to surf the sites like WWW.Drugs.com WWW.Medscape.com and More important databases like Micromedix.

Secondary Resources. e.g. Indexing services like Medline, Ovid,Pubmed, IDIS (Iowa Drug Information Services). ETC.

c) Tertiary DI Resources e.g Books which give ready information regarding drugs Which includes i) AHFS-American Hospital Formulary Services, dale, Drug Information Handbook Published by LexiComp and many more Books Like this.

Drug information center should be easily accessible to all Health Care Professional and should have an drug Information Pharmacist or Expert who is well trained in answering Drug information query.

One should be very well trained in concepts of "MODIFIED SYSTEMATIC APPROACH " in answering a drug information Query.

Hope this Help You....

With Regards VARUN

TALLA

DRUG INFORMATION PHARMACIST

Warangal Hospital, Diagnostisc and Research Center...

Talla Padmavathi College of Pharmacy,

warangal. (A.P)India.

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Dear Sir, I am very grateful for your guidance. we are expecting same in future also.Other than resources I would like to know is there is any legistative approval has to be taken from WHO, CDSCO, or USFDA, or state FDA. and if yes what is the procedure.Kindly guide us . Once again thank you for your cooperationDr. Sachin Hiware,Assistant professor,Dept. Of Pharmacology,Indira Gandhi Govt. Medical

College,Nagpur,Maharashtra.Pin-440018From: varun talla <varun_talla2005@...>Subject: Re: How to set up Drug Information Unitnetrum Date: Saturday, 5 March, 2011, 1:00 AM

Dear Sachin,

Wishes from Warangal...

The prerequisite to open a drug information center ( UNIT) are

1) drug information resources, which are divided as follows

a) Primary DI resources e.g: Internet websites which gives an access to surf the sites like WWW.Drugs.com WWW.Medscape.com and More important databases like Micromedix.

Secondary Resources. e.g. Indexing services like Medline, Ovid,Pubmed, IDIS (Iowa Drug Information Services). ETC.

c) Tertiary DI Resources e.g Books which give ready information regarding drugs Which includes i) AHFS-American Hospital Formulary Services, dale, Drug Information Handbook Published by LexiComp and many more Books Like this.

Drug information center should be easily accessible to all Health Care Professional and should have an drug Information Pharmacist or Expert who is well trained in answering Drug information query.

One should be very well trained in concepts of "MODIFIED SYSTEMATIC APPROACH " in answering a drug information Query.

Hope this Help You....

With Regards VARUN

TALLA

DRUG INFORMATION PHARMACIST

Warangal Hospital, Diagnostisc and Research Center...

Talla Padmavathi College of Pharmacy,

warangal. (A.P)India.

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Dear Dr. Sachin Hiware,

Warm regards from Nepal,

Since, I have already worked as drug information

and pharmacovigilance officer in one of the regional drug information centers

of Nepal. I would like to share some of the things which might be relevant to

you.

Definitely different primary secondary and

tertiary drug information resources plus a trained drug information specialist

as highlighted by Mr. Varun Talla will be key components on establishing drug

information center. Beside that, many operational aspects should be clearly

analyzed before operating the center. Some of the aspects are-

1)

Promotion: Before starting DIC, you

should promote the DIC, otherwise people might not know about the availability

of the service. Personally, I believe opening DIC with little investment as

pilot program (focused on single institution) will be suitable. When the

concept of DIC will be well accepted in a setting, then promotion outside a

single institute can be planned.

2)

Mode of communication: Should be careful about how DI request will

be collected and sent. At pilot level, interdepartmental telephone/electronic

msg/email service, collection of DI request during ward rounds, DI collection

booths, etc can be practiced. However, when we want to extend the service

hotline numbers will be appropriate.

3)

Documentation: Forms should be designed to document all the

DI queries requested to the center and also for the answer provided. All those

forms should be documented for future reference.

4)

Training of the DI specialist: The

people with the knowledge on pharmacology and medicine may be not always

appropriate to provide DI centre. They should be well trained on how to provide

DI- especially should be trained about critical appraisal, communication,

different databases, etc. One good news for us is that- International Pharmaceutical

Federation (FIP) is organizing its annual congress this year in India

(Hyderabad). Pharmacy Information Section of FIP is organizing training program

on Drug Information as a presatellite program in the Congress. Please visit http://www.fip.org/hyderabad2011/hyderabad_outline

5)

Operational Cost: To establish DI is

relative easier than sustaining it. There are many cases where already

established DIC has been closed because of economical reasons.

6) Network

and Collaboration: We may not have budget to bring latest editions of all

DI resources. It will be beneficial if we can collaborate with other DICs in

our own/international settings. Networking among the DICs will be key to reduce

operational cost of DIC.

7) Others

program associated with DI: With same DI resources, you can plan for

starting pharmacovigilance, patient counselling, contribution on hospital

formulary development, participation on Drug and Therapeutic Committee (DTC)

and others.

At last, I am attaching a

file which might be relevant and of more interest to you.

Good luck for establishing

DIC.

Thank you very much

Best Wishes,

Saval Khanal, B.Pharm, MSc.

Pharm

Lecturer of Pharmacy,

Department of Pharmacy,

Sunsari Technical College,

Laxmi Sadak. Dharan-4

Nepal

Email: khanalsaval@..._________________________________________

Consultant and International

Relation Officer

MedSolution Consultants

Sankalpa Foundation Pvt. Ltd

Pokhara, Kaski

Nepal

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DI

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no permission is required from WHO, CDSCO, or USFDA, or state FDAonly permission required is from head of the institutePrashant A shirureFrom: varun talla <varun_talla2005@...>Subject: Re: How to set up Drug Information Unitnetrum Date: Saturday, 5 March, 2011, 1:00 AM

Dear Sachin,

Wishes from Warangal...

The prerequisite to open a drug information center ( UNIT) are

1) drug information resources, which are divided as follows

a) Primary DI resources e.g: Internet websites which gives an access to surf the sites like WWW.Drugs.com WWW.Medscape.com and More important databases like Micromedix.

Secondary Resources. e.g. Indexing services like Medline, Ovid,Pubmed, IDIS (Iowa Drug Information Services). ETC.

c) Tertiary DI Resources e.g Books which give ready information regarding drugs Which includes i) AHFS-American Hospital Formulary Services, dale, Drug Information Handbook Published by LexiComp and many more Books Like this.

Drug information center should be easily accessible to all Health Care Professional and should have an drug Information Pharmacist or Expert who is well trained in answering Drug information query.

One should be very well trained in concepts of "MODIFIED SYSTEMATIC APPROACH " in answering a drug information Query.

Hope this Help You....

With Regards VARUN

TALLA

DRUG INFORMATION PHARMACIST

Warangal Hospital, Diagnostisc and Research Center...

Talla Padmavathi College of Pharmacy,

warangal. (A.P)India.