Pharmapedia

Dr. Tarun Virmani
Associate Professor & HOD
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
MVN University, Palwal (Haryana)

To control and manage the situation, health authorities around the globe have advised everyone to stay in self-quarantine and to wear a face mask while venturing out homes to minimise the risk of spreading the disease. Face masks offer protection against respiratory infections for health care workers and the general public and reduce community transmission, making masks one of the easiest ways to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease. Reports point out that due to the critical role face masks have in limiting the spread of the coronavirus disease and saving us from catching the infection, there is a global shortage of masks - stressing the need to promote a conscious use of these masks. Individuals in good health do not have to wear a mask if they are staying at home. Also, avoid touching the masks while using it, if you do, clean your hands with soap and water.

Top 13 soft skills are briefly presented which are important in pharmaceuticals industry whether you join in research and development or marketing or production etc.

Dr. Tarun Virmani
Associate Professor
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
MVN University, Palwal( Haryana)

Indian Government has been advising people to wash hands with soap or sanitizer since the beginning after the outbreak of the deadly corona virus. To avoid corona, some people believe that hand sanitizer is better than soap. It is very important to have a bacteria free hand to avoid corona virus. Not only that, experts believe that the risk of viruses can be reduced by washing your hands periodically with soap or using hand sanitizer. People are stocking up on hand sanitizer but soap and water is the gold standard for preventing disease.

Dr. Tarun Virmani
Associate Professor
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
MVN University, Palwal( Haryana)

Test kits identifies antibodies that are formed after the virus reaches the body & examining the antibody indicates whether the corona virus was reached in a person's body. Two methods are also used for this. Some kits identify IgM type antibodies (IgM is the first class of immunoglobulin made by B cells as they mature, and it is the form most commonly present as the antigen receptor on the B-cell surface. When IgM is secreted from the cells, five of the basic Y-shaped units become joined together to make a large pentamer molecule with 10 antigen-binding sites.

The COVID-19 crisis and the resultant lockdown with restrictions on travel has resulted in an increased demand for telemedicine services.

The  government has launched a telemedicine service in various  district to cater to those with common illnesses during the Covid-19 lockdown. As the entire country having been put under a lockdown to prevent  the spread of the coronavirus, telemedicine, or the remote diagnosis of patients through electronic communication, is beneficial  to people seeking treatment for non-critical ailments.

Many things about Novel Coronavirus are spreading rapidly through social media, WhatsApp and the Internet. Some of these could be true, but many of those informations are baseless. At a time when the coronavirus epidemic is spreading across the world, it is important to know about some facts related to this deadly virus.

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Dr. R. S. Thakur
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Preamble
Health has direct impact on socio-economic growth of the country and welfare of its people. Hospital Pharmacy of a Hospital or other Health Care Facilities makes available drugs, devices, and other materials used in the diagnosis, mitigation, prevention and treatment of injury, illness, and disease. Hospital Pharmacy procures, stores and supplies medicines for dispensing, compounding, distribution and provides Pharmaceutical Care. Talking from a patient’s perspective, hospital pharmacy services provide medicines, information and advice to inpatients and outpatients as well as to the health professionals and others giving health care to the patients.