SPECIAL ARTICLE ON THE EVE OF BLOOD DONATION CAMP

THE GIFT OF BLOOD IS THE GIFT OF LIFE

Facts about blood needs

• Every year our nation requires about 4 crore units of blood, out of which only a meager 40 lakh units of blood are available.
• Every two seconds someone needs blood.
• More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.
• A total of 30 million blood components are transfused each year.
• The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints.
• The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.
• Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives.
• More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.
• A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood

Facts about the blood supply

• Type O-negative blood (red cells) can be transfused to patients of all blood types. It is always in great demand and often in short supply.
• Type AB-positive plasma can be transfused to patients of all other blood types. AB plasma is also usually in short supply.

Facts about the blood donation

• The average adult has about 10 units of blood in his body. Roughly 1 unit is given during a donation.
• A healthy donor may donate red blood cells every 56 days, or double red cells every 112 days.
• A healthy donor may donate platelets as few as 7 days apart, but a maximum of 24 times a year.
• Only 7 percent of people in India have O-negative blood type. O-negative blood type donors are universal donors as their blood can be given to people of all blood types.
• 0.4 percent of people have AB-blood type. AB-type blood donors are universal donors of plasma, which is often used in emergencies, for newborns and for patients requiring massive transfusions.
• All donated blood is tested for HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and other infectious diseases before it can be transfused to patients.

 

Facts about blood and its components

• Blood makes up about 7 percent of your body's weight.
• There are four types of transfusable products that can be derived from blood: red cells, platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitate. Typically, two or three of these are produced from a unit of donated whole blood – hence each donation can help save up to three lives.
• Donors can give either whole blood or specific blood components only. The process of donating specific blood components – red cells, plasma or platelets – is called apheresis.
• One transfusion dose of platelets can be obtained through one apheresis donation of platelets or by combining the platelets derived from five whole blood donations.
• Donated platelets must be used within five days of collection.
• Healthy bone marrow makes a constant supply of red cells, plasma and platelets. The body will replenish the elements given during a blood donation – some in a matter of hours and others in a matter of weeks.

     Sonia Sharma & Shruti Tandon

Asst. Professor

GLAUIPR

                                                                                             

WORLD ANIMAL DAY CELEBRATION AT INSTITUTE OF  PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

The Pharmacology  Department of Institute of  Pharmaceutical Research had celebrated World Animal Day on 4^th October,2012 with zeal and enthusiasm . The Program was inaugurated by Prof. Pradeep Mishra, Director IPR.

World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. October 4 was chosen as World Animal Day as it is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Since then, World Animal Day has become a day for remembering and paying tribute to all animals and the people who love and respect them.          
                                        
Meanwhile, M.Pharm Pharmacology students had  presented a presentation on World Animal Day in which they focused  mainly on two points i.e. Animal welfare and Animal rights. They emphasize on the point that in Pharmaceutical field for  the drug developing procedure  use of animals are required for  enhancing  new knowledge by doing animal experimentation and adding the new facts and data to the existing knowledge . They displayed the information  on the alternative  approaches instead of painful  Animal Test.
In the end, Dr. Harlokesh Narayan Yadav  had delivered vote of Thanks.

Ms. Shruti Tandon

Asstt. Professor

Institute of Pharmaceutical Research

GLA University, Mathura

ASK YOUR PHARMACIST               

     

The people at large in India are ignorant about the risks regarding modern medicine and continue to use medicine in belief that they are harmless and hence no extra precautions needed while using them. Unfortunately all the medicine from A (Aspirin) to Z (Zidovudine) carries the risk of inflicting potential injury to the persons using them. Several times medicine are bought from the drug stores directly and used by the people without consulting doctors to save consultation fee.

 

           

It is high time that all the pharmacist of the country should take challenge that they would help the patient and advise them on the proper usage of their prescription drugs. This includes ensuring that the patient knows the correct dosage of their medication, the correct way to measure this dosage and how often it should be taken. Additionally, he educates patients on the potential side effects of their medications and advises them on dangerous adverse reactions that should be reported to the patient's physician. They also counsel patients on the selection of over the counter medications and general health topics.

Knowing and understanding a disease and its course of treatment is half the battle won. So, there is a need of recognition of the pharmacy profession in the areas of patient safety and pharmaceutical care. This would reduce the drug injuries and enhance the patient safety. Of course the pharmacists would be respected for protecting the common man from the risks illegal use of prescription medicine. It would bring a good image in the long run to the Indian Pharmacist in the society. It will also give encouragement for society to realize the importance of community pharmacist in health care.

Yogesh Murti

Assistant Professor (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)

Institute of Pharmaceutical Research

GLA University, Mathura

17, Km Stone, National Highway #2,

Delhi-Mathura Road,

P.O. Chaumuha, Mathura-281406 (Uttar Pradesh),

INDIA

"MBA Back in Business"

Unlike historically, when MBA applications trend countercyclical to economic conditions, this year, data collected by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) suggests a significant change from previous post-recession patterns. Even as the global economy shows signs of recovery, applications to MBA programmes are rising after a slump of three years. According to the 2012 Application Trends Survey, 51 per cent of graduate business and management programmes surveyed confirmed receiving more applications than last year. Though the growth is displayed in applications across a variety of programme types, including part-time, online as well as specialised master’s degrees, it has majorly been fuelled by application gains among online and distance courses.

Region-wise, programmes in Asia-Pacific and Central Asia reported the strongest growth in volumes for full-time MBA programmes. Ashish Bhardwaj, regional director, South Asia, GMAC, elaborates, “Looking at different regions of the world, 32 per cent of full-time two-year MBA programmes in the US reported application increases, 37 per cent in Europe reported application increases, 80 per cent of all MBA programmes in China reported application increases and 83 per cent of all MBA programmes in India reported application increases. Clearly, the relatively stronger economic growth in India and China, the two most significant markets in Asia Pacific, builds a strong case for investing in management education.”

He adds, “Demand for MBA programmes in India is also driven by the financial, personal and professional development the degree offers. These multidimensional advantages were reported by Indian citizens in a separate survey by GMAC, the 2012 Alumni Perspectives Survey where 92 per cent of Indian alumni agreed their graduate management degree is personally rewarding and 88 per cent said their degree is professionally rewarding.”

This upswing in demand for MBA among Indians is witnessed across regions as worldwide Indians account for the greatest number of foreign applicants for 43 per cent of MBA programmes. Across Asia, 34 per cent of MBA programmes indicated that Indian citizens accounted for their greatest number of foreign applications. For Europe and US, this number stands at 59 per cent and 44 per cent respectively.

Another point to be noted is apart from showing the strongest growth in overall increase in applications Asia also reported the greatest growth in female application volume for fulltime one-year MBA programmes at 77 per cent. This compared with 32 per cent in Europe and 47 per cent in the United States. Says Bhardwaj, “In terms of women candidates, 73 per cent of management programmes in India surveyed reported more applications from women candidates than last year. While it is difficult to clearly pinpoint the relative contribution of the outreach efforts made by top schools in attracting women candidates and the 'market effect', what is evident is that schools and corporate recruiters are both working towards greater gender diversity in the management pool and women candidates in greater numbers are seeing the value in investing in management education.”

The survey also reveals special efforts made by programmes to recruit entrepreneurs (16 per cent), pre-experience candidates (13 per cent), and members of the LGBT community (9 per cent). The annual survey also indicates that specialised master’s programmes in management, finance, and accounting continue to show robust growth.

744 programmes, including 527 MBA programmes, 24 business doctoral programmes (PhD/ DBA) and 193 specialised master’s programmes, from 359 B-schools in 46 countries participated in the survey this year.

Source – Google / Education