PHARMA LITERATI

Stating that the pharmacists services being provided to the patients in all government hospitals are not properly monitored or a post medication report is not prepared on any adverse drug reaction (ADR), the All India State Government Pharmacists Association (AISGPA) has urged the union government to advise all state governments to constitute Adverse Drugs Reaction Committees (ADRCs) in all hospitals involving pharmacists. In the present day world of healthcare management and consumption of myriad varieties of medicines by people of all ages, adverse drug reaction monitoring is necessary under the supervision of a qualified pharmacist, AIGSPA stated. Similarly, pharmacovigilance centres (PVCs) should be set up in all medical college hospitals and district hospitals, whose control of operation should be given to pharmacists with Pharm D qualification. Government should provide orientation training to the pharmacists in adverse drug reaction monitoring.  In a memorand...

Although the Delhi government has made it mandatory that degree should be the minimum qualification for pharmacist post, all other state governments in the country need to replicate the policy so as to force the central government to bring in a rule in the same direction at the national level, according to the national organizing secretary of All India State Government Pharmacists Association (AISGPA). In a telephonic interview with Pharmabiz, M Vijayalakshmi, a working pharmacist under Karnataka government and the organizing secretary of AISGPA said the professional services of government pharmacists in India need to be streamlined for which there should be some amendments in the policies and recruitment rules (RR). The RR should have a federal structure applicable to all states and union territories uniformly. Similarly, the pattern of promotional cadres for pharmacists should also be same in every state. The national organisation was formed to coordinate all state associatio...