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In the last few decades, the role in phamacy has been extended beyond typical distributive function. One of these extended role involves drug and toxicology information services. Drug information services of Korean hospital pharmacy were adopted since 1969 to provide accurate and timely medication drug information. The objectives of this study were to assess the accuracy of response to drug information request and to determine the relationship between accuracy of answers accuracy of answers and characteristics of Drug Information Centers(DIC) in Korean hospital phamacy. Drug Information Centers located in tertiary care hospital phamacy were contacted by telephone from September to October in 1996. Each DIC received standard request for identification of product, Fosamax＾(R)(alendronate), that was a new drug approved by FDA in 1995, but availablee market in Korea at that time. However this drug could be found I AHFS DI 96, Martindale(31th ed), Medline, CCIS other clinical and journals. Each center correctly identifying Fosamax^(R) was asked more questions concerning the recognition of clinical signs of adverse effects. Fosamax＾(R) was correctly identified by seventeen hospital drug information centers. (36.2 percent) and thirty centers responded that could not make an identification with a product name. Of the 17 centers correctly identifying with Foamax, only five centers recognized drug adverse effects and offered recommendations. From this study, it was noted that the ability and the accuracy of drug information responses were significantly related with pharmacist´s work-load drug information resources.
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