The document discusses drug information centers (DICs), which provide unbiased drug information to healthcare professionals. DICs were first established in the 1960s and are usually located in major hospitals and health facilities. They are staffed by pharmacists with specialized training who locate, evaluate, and communicate drug information to answer questions from other healthcare providers. DICs aim to promote evidence-based practice and rational drug use through services like answering drug-related queries, publishing bulletins, and educating students.

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• WHAT IS THE DIC?
• WHY DIC?

6. HISTORY
• The first drug information center
was established in the university of
Kentucky in U.S.A.
• It is began operation in 1962

7. LOCATION
• DIC is centrally located in
1. Major hospitals
2. Major health care facility
• provide
better access to drug information

8. Drug Information
Specialists
• Are pharmacists who have received
specialized training
• Generally in the form of 1year
residency programs

9. .
DIC
provides

10. Current information
uses the most recent up-to-date sources
available.
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11. valproic acid during pregnancy for
migraine was category "D" (the
potential benefit of the drug in
pregnant women may be acceptable
despite its potential risks)

12. • use will be changed to "X" (the risk of use
in pregnant women clearly outweighs any
possible benefit of the drug).
• Valproate products will remain in
pregnancy category D for treating epilepsy
and manic episodes associated with bipolar
disorder
• [posted 6-5-2013]

13. Valproate Anti-Seizure Products
Contraindicated for Pregnant
Women for Prevention of
Migraine Headaches

14. Critically examined
Should meet the following criteria:
1. More than one source should be
used when appropriate.
2. The extent of agreement between
sources should be determined if sources
don’t agree , good judgment should be
used.

15. Relevant data
Must be presented in a manner that
applies directly to the circumstances
under consideration (e.g., patient
parameters, therapeutic objectives,
alternative approaches

16. Drug Information
Specialists
• Specialists are skilled in
I. Locating and evaluating drug
information
II. communicating with pharmacists
physicians and patients

17. PHYSICAL FACILITIES
• A secure space of approximately
One or two rooms 32m2

18. Allows for
• office work space
• Storage of reference
• Placement of equipment
• Space for visitors

19. THE PROCESS
1. DETERMINING THE PRIMARY
QUESTIONS
• Some questions require immediate
response other is not
• some questions is patient specific

20. 2. DETERMINE THE
NATURE OF THE
PROBLEM AND
OBTAINED DETAILS
Many patient don't under stand the
difference between allergy and
adverse reaction

21. 3. CHOOSING THE
SOURCE OF
INFORMATION

23. Primary sources
Primary sources are original materials
on which research is based
o represent original thinking
o report on Discoveries
o share new information

24. Primary sources
They are usually the first formal
appearance of results
• neither interpreted
• nor condensed
• nor evaluated by other writers.

25. examples of Primary
sources
Scientific journal articles
conferences and symposia
Dissertations

27. Secondary sources
• information reported in the
primary literature. Secondary
sources are works on it in one
or more steps

28. Secondary sources
• are those which review,
compare, contrast, repackage,
reorganize, interpret,
summarize, index or
otherwise “add value” to the
new

29. examples of Secondary
sources
• Reviewed articles
• Biographical works
• Monographs

31. Tertiary Sources
• is a specific subject area, or
materials in which the information
from secondary sources has been
"digested"
• reformatted and condensed, to put it
into a convenient, easy-to-read form.

32. examples of Tertiary
sources
• Textbooks
• Handbooks

35. 4. DEVELOPING
APPROPIATE SEARCH
STRATEGY

42. WHY DIC?
1-Lack of awareness of the
principles of rational drug use
among healthcare
professionals.

43. WHY DIC?
2-There are more than 20,000
biomedical journals available and
more than 6,000 articles published
everyday. It is not possible for a
person to have access to all the
information

44. WHY DIC?
3-Lack of adequate drug information
due to
 limited availability
lack of current literature
 poor documentation
poor funding available.

45. WHY DIC?
4-Lack of unbiased drug information
from the sources available

47. Objectives
1. Promote evidence based practice.

49. Objectives
2.Meet the patient’s needs while
providing pharmaceutical care

50. Objectives
3.Improve the patient adherence (To
promote patient care through the
rational use of medicines(

51. Objectives
4.To provide accurate and unbiased
medicines information service to the
healthcare professionals
4.To provide accurate and unbiased
medicines information service to the
healthcare professionals
4.To provide accurate and unbiased
medicines information service to the
healthcare professionals

52. Objectives
5.To provide an organized database of
specialized information on medicines and
therapeutics

53. Services Offered
1. Answer any drug related
questions
 Drug Interactions.
 Product Availability.
 Drug-Induced Adverse Effects
 Pharmacokinetics
 Pregnancy/Lactation
 IV Compatibility

54. 2.Drug information bulletins
 Transmission of information to the
members of health care team.

55. 3.educate pharmacy students to serve
as an effective providers of
medicines information.