ESIC Pharmacist Recruitment Exam case studies
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The ESIC Pharmacist recruitment exam is the selection test used by the Employees' State Insurance Corporation to fill pharmacist posts in its hospital and dispensary network. It suits pharmacy graduates and diploma holders who want a salaried public-sector dispensing role with regulated hours, structured seniority and postings across ESIC-run facilities. The ESIC Pharmacist Recruitment Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,807 words.
1Extemporaneous spironolactone suspension for a paediatric in-patient
A 2-year-old girl weighing 11 kg is admitted to the paediatric ward of an ESIC hospital with ascites complicating nephrotic syndrome. The nephrologist prescribes spironolactone 2 mg/kg/day in two divided doses.
929 words, about 5 min2Organophosphate ingestion: checking a junior's atropine order
A 35-year-old male farm worker is brought to the ESIC emergency department 40 minutes after swallowing 'about two mouthfuls' of an organophosphate insecticide from an unlabelled bottle, while intoxicated. He is drowsy but rousable.
922 words, about 5 min3An out-of-specification assay result and pressure to release the batch
In the quality control laboratory of a WHO-GMP oral solids plant, an analyst assays commercial batch MFT-2417 of metformin hydrochloride 500 mg tablets (expiry 03/2027). Specification is 95.0–105.0% of label claim.
912 words, about 5 min4A 'triple whammy' prescription in a patient with worsening renal function
At an ESIC dispensary a pharmacist reviews the medicines of a 68-year-old man with type 2 diabetes (HbA1c 8.1%), hypertension and bilateral knee osteoarthritis. Current list: metformin 1000 mg twice daily, ramipril 10 mg once daily, spironolactone 25 mg once daily, diclofenac 75 mg sustained-release twice daily, atorvastatin 20 mg at night, and - started six days ago by a local doctor for a urinary tract infection - cotrimoxazole double-strength twice daily for 10 days.
936 words, about 5 min5Drug Inspector's findings at an ESIC campus pharmacy
During a routine inspection of a retail pharmacy on an ESIC hospital campus, a Drugs Inspector appointed under Section 21 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act records the following on 12 June 2024: (i) the Schedule H1 register has no entries after 30 April 2024, although invoices show 46 vials of ceftriaxone injection 1 g were sold in May; (ii) a prescription dated 3 June 2024 for alprazolam 0.5 mg tablets, one at night for 10 days, bears the prescriber's name and registration number but is endorsed 'repeat twice'; (iii) two bottles of amoxicillin 250 mg/5 mL dry syrup with expiry 02/2024 are standing on the dispensing shelf; (iv) the pharmacist on duty states that he is a D.Pharm registered with the State Pharmacy Council and that the ceftriaxone was 'sold only to doctors, so no prescription or register entry was needed'. Analyse each finding: which statutory requirement is breached and what are the likely consequences for the licensee and the pharmacist?
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