FDB Search

The FDB Search is used to search the First Databank Drug Information Framework for drugs.  Each of the searches will return a list of FDB Packaged Drugs even if the search criteria is for some other drug concept.  For example: the Generic will search the FDB Generic Drug concept for matches and then return a list of all the packaged drugs associated with the matched generic drugs.  

The User Preferences screen holds some FDB Search preferences options. Altering the FDB Search Preferences in the User preference screen may cause any particular search to return different results.

Only the first 501 results from the search will be displayed.

FDB Search Option Type

Search Option Type

Description

NDC

The user will need to enter at least 5 digits and the system will search the first five digits of the 11-digit NDC number of the FDB Packaged Drug.

Label

The text entered will be used to search the FDB Label Name Field.

Generic                                                       

The text entered will be used to search the FDB Generic Drug Name Field.

GcnSeqNo

The GCN Sequence Number must be a numeric value that corresponds to the GCN Sequence Number of an FDB Generic Drug.

Drug Classifications

The text entered will be used to search the FDB Drug Class fields for both the FDB Generic and the FDB Dispensable Drug.

All

The All search will search each of the above searches and aggregate the results.

 

Search Results Fields

·         Ndc

·         GcbSeqNo

·         Package Size

·         Package Type

·         Manufacturer

·         Fdb Generic Name

·         Label Name

·         Additional Description

·         Obsolete Date

Select All button: Selects all the checkboxes for the visible rows in the table.

Match Results button: Displays the Match Results screen with the selected Ndcs.

Hide Existing PPS button: Removes items from the search results table that are already in the PPS database.