[india-drug] Quality Assurance of drugs in Karnataka

[Sunitha Srinivas <s.srinivas@ru.ac.za>]

Karnataka DC plans to upgrade its drug testing lab to ISO 9000
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Thanks?.SS

Good news as far as quality assurance of drugs in public and private
sector is concerned. This will result in improvement in a system where
the drugs from the Government Medical Stores were first being
distributed to health care facilities, before samples were picked up to
be sent for testing. By the time reports confirming ?Not of standard?
were generated, the drugs would have been consumed in hospitals. Now
there is hope in the future with respect to quality assurance??SS)

Karnataka DC plans to upgrade its drug testing lab to ISO 9000


Our Bureau, Bangalore

Karnataka drugs control department is in the process of upgrading its
drugs testing laboratory to ISO 9000 by mid-June this year. As a first
step to ISO accreditation process, a Quality Manager will be identified
shortly from the department. 

The drugs testing lab which received a budget allocation of Rs 80 lakh,
is now gearing up for a fresh appearance as finalization for a range of
new equipment is on and its installation is likely to be complete next
month. 

The drugs testing laboratory is expected to commence internal audits
for all drugs being tested here beginning from April. The lab is also
preparing itself to verify 10 per cent of all its drug test samples by
external auditors, Dr Suresh K Muhammed IPS, Karnataka drugs
controller, told pharmabiz.com.

The department will now dispose the old equipment that ceased to
function through government approved tenders, he informed. 

In a bid to modernize the drugs testing lab as a world class facility,
the Karnataka drugs controller has put forth a proposal to the World
Health Organization to set up the Knowledge Resource Centre in the
department which is expected to have a collection of the latest books,
journals and CD ROMS relating to pharmacy. The facility can be accessed
not only by the department officials but also the public who will have
to pay a fee for the same.





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