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  • Overview of Ni-kshay Aushadhi

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    The learner will be able to 
    - Recognise Ni-kshay Aushadhi as a portal for management of stocks
    - List the uses of Ni-kshay Aushadhi
    - Enumerate the stakeholders of Ni-kshay Aushadhi and the services it offers them
    - Outline the supply chain management in NTEP through Ni-kshay Aushadhi

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Ni-kshay Aushadhi is a web-based portal that deals with the management of stocks (anti-TB drugs, consumables and other commodities) across all the stocking points across the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), i.e., Government Medical Store Depot (GMSD), Central Medical Services Society (CMSS) warehouses, State Drug Stores (SDS), District Drug Stores (DDS), TB Units (TUs) including Peripheral Health Institutes (PHIs).

Ni-kshay Aushadhi also helps in real-time management of stock position, providing expiry details of commodities, routine/ Additional Drug Request (ADR) Requirements, and patient-wise consumption of drugs at all levels.

Table 1: Nikshay Aushadhi Stakeholders

User Services

Central TB Division (CTD)

1. Quantification

2. Purchase Order (PO) generation

3. Quality control

4. State warehouse Drug Transfer Advice (DTA)

5. Monitoring of nation-wide stock & expiry

CMSS warehouse

1. Quantification

2. Purchase request generation

3. Advance shipment details

4. Supplier delivery details

5. Release Order (RO) to SDS

6. Acknowledge desk

7. Transfer of drugs to other warehouses

GMSD

1. Quantification

2. Acknowledge desk

3. Advance shipment details

4. Transfer of drugs to other warehouses

Supplier

1. View Purchase Order (PO) and delivery schedule

2. Enter dispatch details

3. View receipt

4. Demand vs issue

SDS/ DDS/ Drug-resistant TB Centre (DR-TBC)/ TU

1. Routine/ ADR & dispatch to sub-stores

2. Acknowledge desk

3. Transfer of drugs to other warehouses

4. Issue voucher DTA

5. Box preparation, box modification, unpacking and box completion

6. Local purchase

PHI

1. Routine/ ADR 

2. Acknowledge the receipt of drugs

3. Issue to patient

4. Return from patient

 

The Ni-kshay Aushadhi can be used for the following purposes:

  • Quantification and forecasting
  • Monitoring and distribution
  • Data management and analysis
  • Recording and reporting of the drugs related data
  • Training and capacity building
  • Quantification of drugs
  • Issue/ dispatch
  • Return of drugs
  • Drug request management - Routine/ ADR
  • Stock management (like drug inventory, Physical Stock Verification (PSV))
  • Packaging/ repackaging
  • Receive from store/ Acknowledge desk
  • Quality control management
SCM in NTEP through Ni-kshay Aushadhi

 

Figure: Supply chain management in NTEP through Ni-kshay Aushadhi; Source: Ni-kshay Aushadhi Manual

 

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Question Answer 1 Answer 2 Answer 3 Answer 4 Correct Answer Correct Explanation Page ID Part of Pre-Test Part of Post-Test
Ni-kshay Aushadhi can be used for the quantification and forecasting of drug stocks. True False     1

The Ni-kshay Aushadhi can be used for the following purposes:

  • Quantification and forecasting
  • Monitoring and distribution
  • Data management and analysis
  • Recording and reporting of the drugs-related data
  • Training and capacity building
  • Quantification of drugs
  • Issue/ dispatch
  • Return of drugs
  • Drug request management - Routine/ ADR
  • Stock management (like drug inventory, PSV)
  • Packaging/ Repackaging
  • Receive from store/ Acknowledge desk
  • Quality control management
  • Miscellaneous
   Yes Yes
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