manual on management of drugs

ANNEXURE VIII
(To be amended
To:
My No.LAC/60/89
Office of the Director General of Health Services
P.O.Box 513
Inland Revenue Building
Colombo
All Provincial Directors of Health Services,
Regional Directors of Health Services
QUALITY ASSURANCE OF DRUGS AT PERIPHERAL UNITS,
DISTRICT HOSPITALS, BASE AND PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS.
With the establishment of the new National Drug Quality Assurance
Laboratory (NDQAL), it has been decided to deploy a more effective quality
assurance system for drugs prescribed for patients at Peripheral Units, District
Hospitals, Base and Provincial Hospitals. This is in keeping with some of the
proposals agreed upon at the Objectives Oriented Planning Workshop for National
Drug Quality Assurance Laboratory.
In this respect, it is proposed to select drugs for quality assurance testing
using to ABC analysis of drugs and giving preference firstly to those in A Group. The
first twenty drugs in the A Group have been selected for initial assessment. The
Divisional Pharmacists and Drug Inspectors in Provinces/Regions (in addition to the
Officers of the NDQAL) may be instructed to collect and send samples of those drugs
for quality assurance.
The specific drugs to be collected and sent for quality assurance will be
decided by the Director of the NDQAL and communicated at intervals to these
Officers through provincial/regional Directors.
The procedure for collection and sending of samples of drugs of suspected
quality and on complaints made by the prescribers, to the National Drug Quality
Assurance Laboratory from Government Institutions and at the requests of
Provincial/Regional Directors is indicated in Annexure I and the procedure for
collection and sending of samples of drugs from Government Institutions at the
request of the Director of National Drug Quality Assurance Laboratory for the
Quality Assurance Programme is indicated in Annexure II.
Further information if necessary should be obtained from the Director,
National Drug Quality Assurance Laboratory, 120, Norris Canal Road, Colombo 10.
Telephone No. 695173.
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DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HEALTH SERVICES
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