hospital libraries are libraries for the use of patients and employees that are managed by hospitals or interested organizations. these libraries provide knowledge- based information services in the field of medical sciences and health. this paper note is based on library and descriptive method and reviewing the previous literature about hospital libraries was written in persian. so evaluation ...

A comprehensive clinical drug information service, established in the Northern Region in May 1975, is manned by eight doctors--all clinical pharmacologists--and is available 24 hours a day. In the first year of operation 451 inquiries were received, 354 (78-5%) of which were "consultative." Though junior hospital doctors used the service most, almost half of the inquiries about adverse reaction...

Background: The annual statistics of Drug and Poison Information Centers (DPICs) have critical role in public health planning. The objective of this study was to provide annual epidemiologic profile of drug inquiry and poisoning-related phone calls to Iran’s DPICs during 2014-2015. Methods: This was a descriptive retrospective study by reviewing reported phone calls of Iranian DPICs to central...

introduction: one of the software packages designed for libraries and documenting centres is unesco cds/isis mini-micro software package. most libraries in iran have a copy of it. this research was aimed to investigate the degree of its application in central libraries of medical sciences universities in 2004. methods and materials: it is a descriptive study in which a questionnaire was used to...

Background: Globally the number of medicinal products that can be obtained through pharmacies without a prescription continues to increase. Community pharmacists are health professionals most accessible patients seeking advice on use drugs in self-medication practice. Patient counselling is one important services provide patients. Studies have shown provided by prevent drug-related problems and...