Hospital and clinical pharmacy drug information center

1. Drug information centre and drug information
bulletin
 Content
 Introduction
 Definition of DIS, DIC, DIN, DIB
 Source of information
 Drug information specialist
 Introduction
 Drug information is the provision of written and/or verbal
information about drugs and drug therapy in response to a
request from other healthcare providing organizations,
committees, patients, and public community.
 The aim of drug information is necessary to attempt to
document the drugs by gathering information about them.
 The information about drugs is collected from wide array of
source which are available in the text books, new research
document, company which make the drugs give broachers and
detailed information through literature, seminars, conferences
Etc
 The all compiled information is available for reference purpose
and for answering questions regarding old and new drugs from
doctors and patient.
 The first drug information centre is established at university of
Kentucky, US in 1962.

2. Definition:
1.Drug information service( DIS)
It describes activities undertaken by pharmacist in providing
information to optimise drug use.
Example: accurate, unbiased, factual information about drug.
2.Drug Information Centre (DIC)
This are centre which provide drug information related to
therapies, education and research program.
Many centres also provide workshop or training to increase
skills of healthcare professionals.
3.Drug information network ( DIN)
It involves regional DIS which serves given area of country.
This is responsible for a range of issues relating to medicines use
and drug safety. These include monitoring and advising on
prescribing and medicines use in primary and secondary care.
4.Drug information bulletin (DIB)
It publishes latest development in medical science, newly
introduced drug and other information regarding drugs.
Importance of DIB
a. DIB is Link between DIC and health professionals
b. The information of drugs is used by physician, pharmacist
and nurses.
c. It gives information about latest advances in medical
research
d. It publishes matter in question answer session and gives
abstract of new development.

3. Drug information centre in INDIA
 The Karnataka State Pharmacy Council (KSPC) established its (DIC)
in August 1997.
 In India, this was the first independent DIC started.
 Recognizing the need to provide organized drug information to health
care professionals as well as consumers, the WHO in collaboration with
the KSPC is supporting the establishment of 5 DIC.
These centers have been established in,
1. Haryana (Sirsa)
2. Chhattisgarh (Raipur)
3. Rajasthan (Jaipur)
4. Assam (Dibrugarh)
5. Goa (Panaji)
 The objectives of DIC are:
1. To provide an organized database of specialized information on
medicines and therapeutics to meet the drug information needs of
practitioners.
2. To educate pharmacy students to serve as effective providers of
medicines information.
3. To provide accurate and unbiased medicines information service to
the pharmacists, physicians and other health care professionals in the
hospital and community.
4. To promote patient care through rational use of medicines

4. Source of information
DIS must have good collection of source material. This is as
follows
Source Definition Example
Primary
source
Information is produced by
author without any evaluation
by secondary source.
Research article
Thesis
Conferences
Secondary
Source
Original source has been
evaluated by secondary source
Review article
Formularies
Pharmacopeia’s
Textbook
Medline
Pub med
Tertiary
source
Information obtain from
primary and secondary source
and arranged in manner to
represent composite of all
information
Encyclopaedia
C &D dictionary
guides
PHARMACOPOEIS
Indian pharmacopeia (IP)
British pharmacopeia (BP)
United state pharmacopeia (USP)
German pharmacopeia (GP)
British pharmaceutical codex (BPC)

5. Research article Review article
Encyclopaedia Indian Pharmacopeia 2018
NFI (National Formulary of India PubMed (authentic online website)

6.  Drug information specialist
A pharmacist who specializes in the storage, retrieval and dissemination of drug
information to all concerned namely, physicians, nurses and patients.
Drug information specialists are pharmacists who work in drug information
service. They provide information on drugs, toxicology, and poisons to the
community. Drug information specialists can also work with hospitals, medical
providers, and staff to provide information on drugs.
Abilities required for Drug information specialist
They have,
1. Technical and professional skills in evaluation, critical selection
and utilisation of drug literature.
2. Excellent written and verbal communication.
3. Capacity to contribute to continuing education of all health
professions.
4. Familiar with electronic data processing for information
retrieval.
5. Provision for service to PTC.
6. Contribution to drug literature through appropriate research.
QUESTIONS:
1. Define: DIC, DIB, DIN, and DIB.
2. Explain different sources of information with example.
3. What is drug information bulletin? Give its importance.
4. What are abilities required for drug information specialist?
5. Enlist 5 DIC in India.
6. What are objective of DIC

7. MCQ
1. Full form of DIS
a) Drug information service
b) Drug implementation service
c) Drug inducing syndrome
d) Drug incorporation service
2. DIS provide guidance on
a) Educational program
b) Pharmacy research project
c) Both a & b
d) None
3. The information received from basic research and development are
under
a) Primary source
b) Secondary
c) Tertiary
d) None of above
4. Name the bulletin printed and published by DIC
a) DIB
b) DIS
c) DIC
d) All of above
5. Head of DIC
a) Doctor
b) Pharmacist
c) Nurse
d) Patient

8. 6. Following are sources of collection of drug information at DIC
except,
a) Journals and articles
b) News paper
c) Text books
d) Pharmacopoeias
7. Function of DIS
a) Clarification of doubts
b) Provide health information
c) Improved patient compliance
d) All of above
8. Following are secondary source of information except
a) Review article
b) Pharmacopeia
c) Research article
d) Textbooks
9. NLM stands for
a) National law of medicine
b) National library of medicine
c) Both A&B
d) None
10Link between DIC and health professionals
a) DIB
b) DIN
c) DIS
d) None