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Setting up of drug information center in
select states in India Drug Information Training -
11th - 15th December 2006
Drug
Information Training
A project to set up five more Drug
Information Centers (DICs) in selected states of India
funded by World Health Organization (WHO) India Country
Office was given to Karnataka State Pharmacy Council,
Bangalore in recognition of our expertise, credibility,
and experience in this field.
As a part of project, the center
had organized a five day Drug Information training
program to train the participants involved in this
study between 11th – 15th December 2006.
The training was co-ordinated by
P.K.Lakshmi, Director Drug Information Center, KSPC,
who is also chief investigator of the project and
in-house trainer. The practical hands on training
and quality control aspects of drug information were
dealt in detail by Mr. Graeme M Vernon, Senior Drug
Information Practitioner, Austin Health, Melbourne,
Australia who had exclusively come for this training
program. Two participants from each state participated
in the training. These centres will start functioning
from last week of January 2007.
The main objectives of the project are
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To establish an independent/hospital
attached drug information center in selected states.
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To provide authenticate, unbiased
drug information to healthcare professionals through
these centers.
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To provide tailor-made counseling
and drug information to patients / consumers.
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To monitor and document adverse
drug reactions within the hospital and the community.
The following five centers were selected under this project
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Drug Information Center, Institute
of Pharmacy, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam,
India
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Drug Information Center, Chattisgarh
State Pharmacy Council, Q. No. 77, Gitanjali Nagar,
Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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Drug Information Center, Hindu
Pharmacy, Panaji, Goa, India,
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Drug Information Center, Lord
Shiva College of Pharmacy, Near Civil Hospital ,
Sirsa, Haryana, India
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Drug Information Center, Rajasthan
State Pharmacy Council (in collaboration with Lal
Bahudur Shastri College of Pharmacy), Udaymarg,
Tilaknagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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