SLOVAKIAS EXPERIENCE WITH USING NDS PROGRAMME

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SLOVAKIAS EXPERIENCE WITH USING NDS PROGRAMME

• Fifth NDS Users Group Meeting
• Ottawa, 10-12 March 2003

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Purpose

• History of NDS using in Slovakia
• Responsibility of the Ministry of Health of the
  Slovak Republic
  
• Used modules
• Contributions of NDS
• Proposals for improvements
• Conclusion

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History

• Starting period of narcotic drugs legal movement
  control
  
• No specific application software
• One PC installations
• NDS 3.0. demo version since 1999
• NDS 4.0. since June 2000
• Multi -user version installed at 5 PC
• NDS 5.0. since January 2003

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Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic

• - control of legal movement of narcotics and
  psychotropic substances
  
• - licensing operators handling with precursor
  chemicals

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Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic

• WITH RESPECT TO NARCOTICS AND
• PSYCHOTROPICS PROVIDES
• CONTROL OVER
• 3 manufacturers
• cca 40 wholesalers
• more than 1100 retailers (pharmacies)

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Number of authorizations issued
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Drug Control Authorities in Slovakia

• EXECUTIVE BODIES
• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Economy
• - issuing permissions for individual
  transactions connected with precursor chemicals
  
• Ministry of Agriculture

• REPRESIVE BODIES
• Ministry of Interior (Home Office)
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Justice

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USED NDS 5.0. Modules in Slovakia

• Masters
• Import/Export Documents
• Narcotics
• Psychotropics
• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
• Parameters

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Contributions of NDS in Slovakia

• NDS helps in international control of narcotics
  and psychotropic substances (import/export
  authorizations)
  
• NDS assists in complying with the statistical
  reporting requirements (it helps to complete all
  Forms A, A/P, B, B/P, C and P)
  
• Recently partially helps in national management
  of drug control activities
  

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Masters

• Using of all sub modules from Masters
• module
• Competent Authority Master
• Substances Master
• Establishment Master

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Competent Authority Master

• CA Master
• CA Department Master

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Substances Master

• Pure Substance Master
• Variation substance Master
• Substance Master
• Permitted -Restricted Substance
• Preparation Type Master
• Preparation Master
• Group Master

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Establishment

• Establishment Master
• Establishment Type Master
• Establishment Substance Master

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IMPORT/EXPORT DOCUMENTS

• Sequence number
• Assignment between the county and the
  preparation
  
• Endorsements

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FORMS

• NARCOTICS
• Form A
• Form B
• Form C

• PSYCHOTROPCS
• Form A/P
• Form B/P
• Form P

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Proposals for improvements

• In Narcotics and Psychotropics Modules to add a
  new flag with the figures showing calculation to
  base content.
  
• In Import/Export Document Module create so called
  neutral position in neutral mode (not add, not
  query).
  
• In Establishment Master Module to widen number of
  characters in each field.
  

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Conclusions

• To train additional staff
• Start using License module
• At the domestic level start to collect data on
  licit drug control by NDS electronic means

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Thank you for your attention!