ABSTRACT
This project is written to help Chemist
and Drugs Companies especially Inland chemist Enugu in the areas they encounter
problems in keeping their record and the solution given to tackle those
problem.
The research was carried out of many
difficulties such as time factors, money and inability to get much information
that could have been of help. But still with all those the researcher came up
with something readable and valuable to any body that goes through it.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract v
Table of contents vii
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background
of the study 1
1.2 State of the
problem 2
1.3 Purpose of
the study 3
1.4 Aims and
objectives 3
1.5 Scope of
study 5
1.6 Limitations of
study 5
1.7 Assumptions 6
1.8 Definition
of terms 7
CHAPTER
TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW 8
CHAPTER
THREE
- Description
and analysis of existing system 15
- Fact
finding method used 17
- Organization
structure 19
- Objectives
of Existing system 21
- Input,
Process and Output Analysis 22
- Information
Flow Diagrams 26
- Problems
of the Existing System 27
- Justification
of the New System 28
CHAPTER
FOUR
- Design
of the New System 30
- Input
Specification and design 30
- Output
specification and design 32
CHAPTER
FIVE
- Implementation 42
- Source
Program: Test Run 59
CHAPTER
SIX
Documentation 60
CHAPTER
SEVEN
Bibliography
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Usage of Information
Technology (IT) remained comparatively very less in Health sector than other
sectors despite having more potential. Health Institutions, which is important
sector, should encourage IT usage resulting better productivity, effectiveness,
efficiency and economics leading to better health care to all. This paper tells
a success story of implementation of ICT in monitoring of medicine in health
Institutions. System works on low-end resources and E-mail based data transfer
from District Hard Quarter to State Head Quarter. Implementation of Med-Centre
in all the districts of Enugu results in check on pilferage of medicine,
increase in availability of medicine at Government Institution, increase in
attendance of patient/doctors in health institution, optimal utilization of
medicine and data capturing at source, resulting in availability of error-free
data at State Head quarter
Every day, the health of Nigerians is threatened by
adverse events caused by errors in the manual entry and processing of drug
prescriptions. For each prescription allergy, drug-to-drug and
drug-to-diagnosis interactions should be checked against a complete medication
profile and a legible prescription should be produced for the pharmacist to
dispense. In general, across Canada, this is not always the case today.
Drug
Information Systems Program is focused on creating an interoperable drug
information system that will carry all data concerning a patient’s medication
history: prescribed and dispensed drugs, allergies, ongoing drug treatment,
etc., in order to ensure patient safety. Drug and drug-interaction checks are
performed automatically and added to the patients’ drug profiles in their
Electronic Health Record (EHR). These systems provide physicians and
pharmacists with data to support appropriate and accurate prescribing and
dispensing, thereby avoiding adverse drug interactions and possible related
deaths.
Also
known are electronic shelf label systems, in which the store’s central computer
downloads price information to electronic shelf labels placed near merchandise
items.
Also known are systems for counting items displayed on the shelves, as part of
routine inventory control or order management, in which a handheld portable
unit is used to either scan or key-in the product’s code and then key-in count
information. Such information is downloaded later into the store computer
through a terminal at the store office.
- BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
Drug
Industry, that section of industry which manufactures medicinal chemicals and
prepares them for use in the prevention or treatment of disease. Some companies
engaged in this business manufacture Drug chemicals in bulk (primary
manufacture), but all of them prepare them for medical use by methods known
collectively as secondary manufacture. These highly automated processes include
the production of drugs in single-dose forms, such as tablets, capsules, or
sachets for oral administration, solutions for injection, and pessaries and
suppositories for insertion into the vagina or rectum respectively.
Immunization
An enormous part of the Drug industry’s output consists of vaccines. This girl
is pictured receiving an immunization before the start of the school year.
Almost all schools in developed countries require that students receive a
number of immunizations before beginning classes. Most vaccines are applied
through injections, although some are taken orally, most notably the Sabin
polio vaccine developed in the mid-1950s. Immunizations protect the body by
either helping it to create new antibodies by presenting part or whole of the
disease-causing agent to the person’s immune system—a long-term approach—or by
providing it with active antibodies, a more temporary solution.Photo
Researchers, Inc./Russell D. Curtis
Other
preparations include liquids such as linctuses and syrups to be taken by mouth,
inhalations in metered-dose aerosol sprays, drops for the nose, ears, or eyes,
and creams, ointments, lotions, and so on for application to the skin. Some
companies make anaesthetics, or contrast media used for visualizing body
structures by X-ray or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR).
Many
Drug companies engage in research and development aimed at introducing new and
improved treatments. In some countries, each stage of the trial of new
medicines involving domestic, farm, or laboratory animals, or human beings, is
subject to approval by national licensing authorities. If finally approved, a
licence for a new medicine’s use in stated conditions will be issued. In some
other countries permission to market may be granted on sight of the licence
from the country of origin.
Patent
coverage for recently developed or modified medicines is usually granted by
most countries for periods averaging 15 years from the licence date. Companies
give their innovations brand names, which remain their unique property. Each
new drug is also given an official generic name, which remains common property.
After patent expiry products may be made and sold under these generic names by
any company that can meet the licensing body’s standards.
Most Drug companies operate internationally and own subsidiaries of various sizes in many countries. The old companies originated from, and have their headquarters in, either the United States, Switzerland, or a member country of the European Union. This technologically advanced industry employs many graduates, including biologists, biochemists, chemists, engineers, microbiologists, nurses, pharmacologists, doctors, physicists, and veterinary surgeons. They are employed in research and development (R & D), manufacturing, quality control, marketing, medical representation, public affairs, or general administration.
- STATEMENT
OF PROBLEM
This has to do with the title of the project, which is the design, and implementation of a computerized Drug Information Directory for a manufacturing industry.
Due to the problem encountered with the inventory control of a Drug industries, the need arise to develop a software that will assist to solve the problem. The problem caused by the use of manual method can only be solved by computerizing the inventory processing.
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED DRUG INFORMATION DIRECTORY CASE STUDY OF INLAND CHEMIST, ENUGU
