List of Equipment for Pharmaceutics Laboratory
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A. Special equipment and instruments |
No. required for 60 students |
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1 |
2 |
1. |
Continuous hot extraction equipment |
5 |
2. |
Conical percolators |
20 |
3. |
Tincture Press |
1 |
4. |
Hand grinding mill |
5 |
5. |
Disintegrator |
1 |
6. |
Ball mill |
1 |
7. |
Hand operated tablet machines |
3 |
8. |
Tablet coating pan unit with hot air blower Laboratory size. |
1 |
9. |
Polishing Pan Laboratory size. |
1 |
10. |
Tablet Hardness Tester (Monsanto Type) |
3 |
11. |
Tablet Hardness Tester (Pfizer type) |
3 |
12. |
Disintegration Test Unit |
2 |
13. |
Dissolution Rate Test apparatus |
1 |
14. |
Granulating sieve sets |
20 |
15. |
Tablet counter small size |
5 |
16. |
Friability Tester |
1 |
17. |
Collapsible Tube filling and sealing equipments |
2 |
18. |
Capsule filling machine (Laboratory size) |
2 |
19. |
Prescription balance |
40 |
20. |
Balance Torsion type with removable glass pan sensitivity, 30 mgm. |
5 |
21. |
Distillation equipment for distilled water |
2 |
22. |
Water deionization Unit |
1 |
23. |
All glass distillation Unit for making water for injection |
2 |
24. |
Ampoule washing machine |
1 |
25. |
Ampoule filling and sealing machine |
1 |
26. |
Sintered glass filters for (4 different grades ) Bacteria proof filtration |
20 each grades |
27. |
Millipore filters 3 grades |
2 each grades |
28. |
Autoclaves |
2 |
29. |
Pressure cookers |
5 |
30. |
Hot Air sterilizer |
2 |
31. |
Incubators |
2 |
32. |
Aseptic cabinet |
2 |
33. |
Rabbit cages and holders |
10 |
34. |
Ampoule clarity Test equipments |
2 |
35. |
Blender |
2 |
36. |
Sieves Set (Pharmacopoeial standard ) |
10 |
37. |
Laboratory centrifuge |
2 |
38. |
Ointment slabs |
40 |
39. |
Ointment spatulas |
40 |
40. |
Pestle and mortar (Porcelain) |
40 |
41. |
Pestle and mortar (glass) |
10 |
42. |
suppository moulds of 3 size |
20 each |
43. |
Refrigerator |
1 |
B. |
General glassware |
Adequate |
C. |
Chemicals, appliances and laboratory facilities |
Adequate |
List of Equipment for Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory |
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A. Special equipment and instruments |
No. required for 60 students |
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1 |
2 |
1. |
Refractometer |
1 |
2. |
Polarimeter |
1 |
3. |
Photo electric Colorimeter |
1 |
4. |
pH meter |
2 |
5. |
Atomic model sets |
10 |
6. |
Analytical balances and weightbox sets |
10 |
7. |
Physical balances & weight box sets |
5 |
8. |
Platform balance |
2 |
9. |
Periodic Table chart |
2 |
B. |
General Glassware |
Adequate |
C. |
Miscellaneous appliances, Chemicals and laboratory facilities |
Adequate |
List of Equipment for Physiology /Pharmacology Laboratory |
A. |
Special equipment and instruments |
Nos. required for 60 students |
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1 |
2 |
1. |
Haemoglobinometer |
20 |
2. |
Haemocytometer |
10 |
3. |
Student’s Organ bath |
5 |
4. |
Sherrington rotating drum |
5 |
5. |
Frog Boards |
10 |
6. |
Trays (dissecting) |
10 |
7. |
Frontal writing levers |
15 |
8. |
Aeration tube |
20 |
9. |
Telethermometer |
1 |
10. |
Pole Climbing apparatus |
1 |
11. |
Histamine chamber |
1 |
12. |
Simple levers |
15 |
13. |
Starling heart levers |
10 |
14. |
ECG machine |
__ |
15. |
Aerators |
5 |
16. |
Histological slides |
25 |
17. |
Sphygmomanometer (B.P apparatus) |
5 |
18. |
Stethoscope |
5 |
19. |
First aid equipments |
5 sets |
20. |
Contraceptive device |
5 sets |
21. |
Dissecting (Surgical ) instruments |
20 sets |
22. |
Operation table (small) |
2 |
23. |
Balance for weighing small animals |
1 |
24. |
Kymograph paper |
Adequate |
25. |
Activity cage (actophotometer) |
1 |
26. |
Analgesiometer |
1 |
27. |
Thermometers |
20 |
28. |
Distilled water stills |
2 |
29. |
Plastic animal cages |
10 |
30. |
Double unit organ bath with thermostat |
1 |
31. |
Refrigerator |
1 |
32. |
Single pan balance |
1 |
33. |
Charts |
Adequate |
34. |
Humans Skeleton |
1 |
35. |
Anatomical Specimen (Heart, brain, eye, ear reproductive system etc.) |
1 Set |
36. |
Electro-convulsometer |
1 |
37. |
Stop watches |
10 |
38. |
Clamp, Bossheads, Screw clips |
Adequate |
39. |
Symes’ Cannula |
20 |
B. |
General Glassware |
Adequate |
C. |
Chemical and Misc. laboratory apparatus and appliances (needles,thread, plasticin, tubing, burners, polythene tubes, syringes etc ) |
Adequate |
List of Equipment for Biochemistry and clinical Pathology Laboratory |
A. |
Special Equipment and Instruments |
No. required for 60 students |
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1 |
2 |
1. |
Colorimeter |
2 |
2. |
Microscopes |
20 |
3. |
Permanent slides (Skin, Kidney, Pancreas, smooth –muscle, liver etc.) |
Adequate |
4. |
Watch glasses |
25 |
5. |
Centrifuge |
1 |
6. |
Microscope with oil immersion. |
5 |
B. |
General Glassware |
Adequate |
C. |
Biochemical reagents for analysis of normal and pathological constitutents of urine and blood and facilities. |
Adequate |
List of Equipments for Pharmacognosy Laboratory |
A. |
Special Equipment and Instruments |
Nos. required for 60 students |
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1 |
2 |
1. |
Dissecting Microscope |
20 |
2. |
Charts (different types) |
100 |
3. |
Models (different types) |
50 |
4. |
Permanent slides |
100 |
5. |
Slides and cover slips |
Adequate |
B. |
General glassware |
Adequate |
C. |
Miscellaneous appliances, Chemicals and laboratory facilities |
Adequate |
List of Equipments for Hospital and Chemical Pharmacy Practicals |
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Quantity |
1. |
Water Still |
1 |
2. |
Mixing Vat with stirrer |
2 |
3. |
Filtration equipment |
2 |
4. |
Filling machine |
1 |
5. |
Sealing machine |
1 |
6. |
Autoclave sterilizer |
1 |
7. |
Membrane filter |
1 Unit |
8. |
Sintered glass funnel with complete filtering assembly |
10 Units |
9. |
Small disposable membrane filters for IV admixture filtration |
Adequate |
10. |
Laminar air flow bench |
1 |
11. |
Vacuum pump |
1 |
12. |
Ovens |
2 |
13. |
Surgical dressing |
2 |
14. |
Incubator |
1 |
15. |
Karl Fiseher apparatus for moisture content determination |
1 |
16. |
Flame photometer |
1 |
17. |
pH meter |
1 |
18. |
Dissolution apparatus |
1 |
19. |
Disintegration test apparatus |
1 |
20. |
Hardness tester |
1 |
21. |
Centrifuge |
1 |
22. |
Magnetic stirrer |
1 |
23. |
Thermostatic bath |
1 |
24. |
Experimental Animals |
Adequate |
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General List of Equipment |
Nos. required for 60 students |
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1 |
2 |
1. |
Distilled water still |
2 |
2. |
Vacuum pump |
2 |
3. |
Refrigerator |
1 |
4. |
General filling equipment for the museum |
Adequate |
5. |
Compound microscopes |
20 |
6. |
Oil immersion microscope |
1 |
7. |
Over head projector |
1 |
8. |
Slide cum strip projector |
1 |
9. |
Projection screen |
1 |
Museum Every institution shall maintain a museum of crude drugs, herbarium sheets, botanical specimens of the drugs and plants mentioned in the course. In addition, the following are recommended :-
Coloured slides of medicinal plants:
Display of popular patent medicines; and
Containers of common usage in medicines.
Library Every institution shall maintain a library which should contain books mentioned in the syllabus and also the current pharmaceutical journals. There should be adequate place in the library for students and staff to refer books.NOTE: The above requirements are the minimum requirements and the Institute is free to provide more –physical and Teaching facility.
APPENDIX –C
(See regulation 18)CONDITIONS TO BE FULFILLED BY THE EXAMINING AUTHORITY
1. The Examining Authority shall be either a statutory Indian University or a body constituted by the Central or State Government. It shall ensure that discipline and decorum of the examinations are strictly observed at the examination centers.
2. It shall permit the Inspector or Inspectors of the Pharmacy Council of India to visit and inspect the examinations.
(a) adequate rooms with necessary furniture for holding written examinations;
(b) well-equipped laboratories for holding practical examinations;
(c) an adequate number of qualified and responsible examiners and staff to conduct and invigilate the examination; and
(d) such other facilities as may be necessary for efficient and proper conduct of examinations.
4. It shall, if so required by a candidate, furnish the statement of marks secured by a candidate in the examinations after payment of prescribed fee, if any, to the Examining Authority.
5. It shall appoint examiners whose qualifications should be similar to those of the teachers in the respective subjects as shown in Appendix –B.
6. In pursuance of sub–section (3) of section 12 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948, the Examining Authority shall communicate to the Secretary, Pharmacy Council of India not less than six weeks in advance the dates fixed for examinations, the time-table for such examinations, so as to enable the Council to arrange for inspection of the examinations.
7. [The Chairman and at least one expert member of Examining Committee of the Examining Authority concerned with appointment of examiners and conduct of pharmacy examinations should be persons possessing Pharmacy qualifications.”]
APPENDIX –D[See regulations 20 (3)]
CONDITIONS TO BE FULFILLED BY THE INSTITUTION TO BE RECOGNISED FOR GIVING PRACTICAL TRAINING.
1. The Institution, where practical training is given to student pharmacists, shall from time to time, if required, furnish such information as may be needed by the Pharmacy Council of India about the staff, accommodation and equipment of the institution concerned and its working.
2. The Institution shall permit the Inspectors of the Pharmacy Council of India to inspect the premises at any reasonable time while the work is proceeding therein.
3. The Institution shall entrust some member or members of its staff, who shall be registered pharmacist (s), to look after the student pharmacists. Such members of the staff shall be responsible in this behalf to the Head of the Institution concerned.
4. The Institution shall provide such opportunity, accommodation, apparatus, materials and books of reference as may be required to enable the student pharmacist to undergo the practical training properly.
5. The number of student pharmacists that may be taken in any hospital, pharmacy and chemist and druggist and a drugs manufacturer licensed under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 made under the Drug and Cosmetics Act 1940 shall not exceed two where there is one registered pharmacist engaged in the working in which the student pharmacist is undergoing practical training; where there is more than one registered pharmacist similarly engaged, the number shall not exceed one for each additional such registered pharmacist.
6. The Institution wishing to be recognized under regulation 20 shall apply in writing to the Secretary, Pharmacy Council of India stating its desire, to be so recognised.
7. Having satisfied that institution shall follow the conditions laid down in these rules, the Pharmacy Council of India shall grant such recognition.
8. In the event of any question arising as to the interpretation or observance of these conditions the decision of the Pharmacy Council of India shall be final.
