Prenatal Record - National Archives and Records Administration

OB-15
Drugs in Pregnancy
Form OB-15, introduced in May 1963, served as an in-house worksheet for
recording drugs taken during pregnancy. Data were recorded on card 0315 in the master
file (Table OB-15.1).
Data on drugs were abstracted by nurses and medical students at the
Perinatal Research Branch (NINCDS) from study forms submitted by the
collaborating institutions. From the raw data on drugs, Dr. Dennis Slone
(co-director of the Drug Epidemiology Unit, Boston University Medical Center)
created two drug files (see Volume IV of this user's guide). Researchers
wishing to use drug data are directed to the drug work files.
TABLE OB-15.1
Cards and Data Records by Revision for Form OB-15
CARD REV. NUMBER
CARD NAME NUMBER NO. RECORDS
08-15: Drugs 0315
0 222,398
222,398
total for form 222,398
II.A.347
OB-15
Reproduced at the National Archives