To open the WHO Drug Coding dialog box, click
Encode.
From the Case Form Configuration dialog box where the
Dictionaries are selected for encoding, select either the WHO Drug B format or
the WHO Drug C format.
Enter the search criteria, and click Search.
You can search for a product based on:
Trade Name
Formulation/Strength (sequence 3 and sequence 4) of the
product
Country—The Sales Country Code of the Product as defined in
the WHO Dictionary
Generic.
The following criteria are not
available for display or searching in the WHO Drug B Format:
Formulation
Country
Strength
Generic
Medicinal Product ID
Product Type
To copy the selected drug to the Product tab, click
Select.
To close the selection dialog box without making any updates to the Product
tab, click Cancel.
To perform a full search from the WHO Drug browser, select Full
Search.
By default, a like search is performed (e.g.,
CUREALL%)
You can use the percent (%) sign to perform wildcard
searches
If you click Full Search, the full search is performed
(e.g., %CUREALL%)
You can also search for drug formulation and country. This option is available only if you select the WHO Drug C format.
To clear the search criteria you entered, click
Clear.