A Survey on Colorblindness in Pharmacy Students at Wagholi, Pune

Abstract

Quantitatively color is used in Pharmaceutical Science & Technology as a tool for identification and differentiation of substances. Color is universal organoleptic characteristics used to recognize exact molecule in particulate & bulk forms. Pharmacists who have colour vision deficiency have some problems while manufacturing medicine, carrying out chemical analysis, colorimetric test, dispensing of medicines. It may be dangerous if Pharmacists use color names to identify medicines to the patients or customers unless they know their patient has normal color vision. Color blindness means that personnel having trouble in differentiating red, green, or blue or a mix of these colors. The aim of the present study is to estimate the number of pharmacy students/personnel having problems in color discrimination based on a color blindness test. In present study it was found that 2.2% of the males were color blind while 1.1% of the females were color blind of population 225 students & staff.