MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION VOCABULARY
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Terms | Definitions |
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 ADVERSE REACTION | ANY NOXIOUS, UNINTENDED, AND UNDESIRED RESULT OF TAKING A DRUG IN APPROPRIATE DOSES; ALSO CALLED AN ADVERSE EFFECT; OFTEN USED SYNONYMOUSLY WITH SIDE EFFECT, BUT SIDE EFFECTS ALSO INCLUDE RESULTS THAT, ALTHOUGH NOT THE INTENDED THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS, ARE HARMLESS AND POSSIBLY HELPFUL |
| ALLERGIC REACTION | AN IMMUNE RESPONSE TO A DRUG, RANGING IN INTENSITY FROM MILD ITCHING TO SEVERE RASH TO ANAPHYLAXIS |
| ANAPHYLAXIS | AN IMMEDIATE AND LIFE-THREATENING ALLERGIC RESPONSE CHARACTERIZED BY BRONCHOSPASM, LARYNGEAL EDEMA, AND A RAPID DROP IN BLOOD PRESSURE |
| BUCCAL | PERTAINING TO OR DIRECTED TOWARD THE BUCCA (CHEEK), THE FLESHY PORTION OF THE SIDE OF THE FACE THAT MAKES UP THE LATERAL WALL OF THE ORAL CAVITY |
| COMPATIBLE | CAPABLE OF HARMONIOUS COEXISTENCE; USED TO REFER TO TWO OR MORE MEDICATIONS THAT CAN BE GIVEN SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHOUT CHANGING THE EFFECTS OF EACH OTHER OR CAUSING ANY NEW RESPONSES NOT SEEN WITH ANY OF THE DRUGS ADMINISTERED ALONE |
| CONTRAINDICATION | A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION THAT MAKES IT UNSAFE OR OTHERWISE INAPPROPRIATE TO ADMINISTER A PARTICULAR DRUG |
| DOSAGE | THE DETERMINATION AND REGULATION OF THE SIZE, FREQUENCY, AND NUMBER OF DOSES OF A MEDICATION TO BE GIVEN TO OR TAKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT; OFTEN USED SYNONYMOUSLY WITH DOSE, BUT DOSE REFERS TO THE AMOUNT TO BE GIVEN AT ONE TIME, NOT THE OVERALL DOSING REGIMN |
| DOSE | A MEASURED QUANTITY TO BE ADMINISTERED AT ONE TIME, SUCH AS A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF MEDICATION; OFTEN USED SYNONYMOUSLY WITH DOSAGE, BUT DOSAGE REFERS TO THE OVERALL DOSING REGIMEN, NOT NECESSARILY A SINGLE DOSE |
| DRUG | ANY CHEMICAL OR OTHER NONDRUG SUBSTANCE THAT CAN AFFECT LIVING PROCESSES |
| DURATION OF ACTION | HOW LONG A DRUG ACTIVELY PRODUCES A THERAPEUTIC EFFECT |
| ENTERAL | WITHIN OR BY WAY OF THE INTESTINES |
| GENERIC | REFERRING TO A NONCOMMERCIAL NAME ASSIGNED TO A DRUG, USUALLY LESS COMPLEX THAN THE DRUG'S CHEMICAL NAME AND MORE COMPLEX THAN A BRAND OR TRADE; ALSO KNOWN AS A NONPROPRIETARY NAME |
| IDIOSYNCRATIC REACTION | AN UNCOMMON, UNEXPECTED, OR INDIVIDUAL DRUG RESPONSE THOUGHT TO RESULT FROM A GENETIC PREDISPOSITION |
| INDICATION | A REASON FOR ADMINISTERING A PARTICULAR MEDICATION |
| INSTILLATION | ADMINISTRATION OF A LIQUID DROP BY DROP |
| INTRADERMAL | WITHIN OR INTO THE DERMIS |
| INTRAMUSCULAR | WITHIN OR INTO THE MUSCLE |
| INTRAVENOUS | WITHIN OR INTO A VEIN |
| MEDICATION | TERM USED FOR DRUG WHEN IT IS GIVEN TO OR TAKEN BY A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES |
| MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION RECORD | A DOCUMENT THAT IS COMPLETED AS PER AGENCY POLICY TO VERIFY THAT A PATIENT'S MEDICATIONS WERE ADMINISTERED AS PRESCRIBED |
| NARCOTIC | AN UMBRELLA TERM THAT HAS BEEN USED TO REFER TO OPIODS, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, ILLICIT DRUGS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS, STRONG ANALGESICS, AND DRUGS CAPABLE OF CAUSING PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE; OPIOID IS THE PREFERRED TERM FOR THE FAMILY F POTENT PHARMACOLOGIC ANALGESICS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS NARCOTICS |
| NEBULIZER | A DEVICE FOR CREATING AND DELIVERING AN AEROSOL SPRAY |
| NPO | NOTHING BY MOUTH, DERIVED FROM THE LATIN WORDS NIL PER OS |
| ONSET OF ACTION | THE POINT IN TIME AFER ADMINISTRATION WHEN A DRUG BEGINS TO EXERT ITS THERAPEUTIC EFFECT |
| OPHTHALMIC | PERTAINING TO THE EYE |
| OVER THE COUNTER | REFERRING TO DRUGS SOLD WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION |
| PARADOXICAL REACTION | CAUSING AN EFFECT OPPOSITE OF THE INTENDED EFFECT |
| PARENTERAL | VIA A ROUTE OTHER THAN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, SUCH AS SUBCUTANEOUS, INTRAMUSCULAR, INTRATHECAL, OR INTRAVENOUS |
| PEAK ACTION | THE POINT IN TIME AFTER ADMINISTRATION WHEN A DRUG EXERTS ITS MAXIMAL THERAPEUTIC EFFECT |
| PLATEAU | A STEADY LEVEL OF A DRUG ACHIEVED AFTER REPEATED DOSES; A STATE IN WHICH THE AMOUT OF DRUG ELIMINATED BETWEEN DOSES EQUALS THE AMOUNT ADMINISTERED WITH EACH DOSE |
| SUBCUTANEOUS | UNDER THE SKIN |
| SUBLINGUAL | UNDER THE TONGUE |
| SYNERGISTIC EFFECT | AN INCREASE IN THE EFFECTS OF ANY OR ALL OF TWO OR MORE DRUGS TAKEN TOGETHER |
| THERAPEUTIC EFFECT | THE BENEFICIAL AND INTENDED RESULT FOR WHICH A DRUG IS TAKEN |
| TOPICAL | APPLIED EXTERNALLY |
| TOXIC EFFECT | A SERIOUSLY ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; TOXICITY REFERS TO AN ADVERSE DRUG REACTION CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE DOSING |
| TRANSDERMAL | ENTERING THROUGH THE DERMIS (SKIN); USUALLY REFERS TO A DRUG APPLIED TO THE SKIN VIA AN ADHESIVE PATCH |
| UNIT-DOSE SYSTEM | PROVISION OF DRUGS IN SINGLE-DOSE PACKAGES |
| VERBAL ORDER | A PRESCRIPTION A PROVIDER STATES TO A NURSE, USUALLY BY TELEPHONE, WHEN UNABLE TO WRITE THE PRESCRIPTION AT THAT TIME IN THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD |
| CANTHUS | EITHER OF THE ANGLES FORMED BY AN EYE'S UPPER EYELID MEETING ITS LOWER EYELID, AS IN INNER CANTHUS AND OUTER CANTHUS |
| CAPSULE | A SMALL GELATINOUS SHELL THAT CONTAINS A DOSE OF MEDICATION |
| CERUMEN | THE WAXLIKE SUBSTANCE FOUND WITHIN THE EXTERNAL MEATUS OF THE EAR; EARWAX |
| CONJUNCTIVAL SAC | THE POTENTIAL SPACE BETWEEN THE EYELIDS AND THE EYEBALL, LINED BY HE CONJUNCTIVA, THE DELICATE MEMBRANE THAT LINES THE EYELIDS AND COVERS THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF THE SCLERA |
| DERMATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN |
| DORSAL RECUMBENT POSITION | LYING ON THE BACK WITH THE KNEES FLEXED |
| ECZEMA | A LONG-TERM, INFLAMMATORY SKIN CONDITION THAT CAN APPEAR AS RED, BLISTERING, OOZING, SCALY, CRUSTED, THICKENED, ITCHY SKIN RASHES |
| ETHMOID SINUSES | AIR CAVITIES ON EACH SIDE OF THE NOSE WITHIN THE ETHMOID BONE (A LIGHT SPONGY CUBICAL BONE FORMING MUCH OF THE WALLS OF THE NASAL CAVITY AND PART OF THOSE OF THE ORBITS) WITH EACH MAINTAINING A SEPARATE PATH TO THE NASAL CHAMBER |
| EUSTACHIAN TUBES | BONY AND CARTILAGINOUS PASSAGEWAYS CONNECTING THE MIDDLE EARS WITH THE NASOPHARYNX AND EQUALIZING AIR PRESSURE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (EARDRUM) |
| EXPECTORATE | EXPEL SECRETIONS FROM THE THROAT OR LUNGS BY COUGHING AND SPITTING |
| EYE DROPS | A SOLUTION, OFTEN CONTAINING MEDICATION, INTENDED TO BE INSTILLED INTO THE EYE |
| FRONTAL SINUSES | AIR CAVITIES WITHIN THE FRONTAL BONE (THE BONE THAT FORMS THE FOREHEAD AND EXTENDS OVER MOST OF THE ORBITS AND THE NASAL CAVITY) THAT OPEN INTO THE MIDDL MEATUS OF THE NASAL CAVITY |
| GLAUCOMA | A GROUP OF EYE DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASED PRESSURE WITHIN THE EYEBALL THAT CAN RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE OPTIC DISK AND GRADUAL LOSS OF VISION |
| INDICATION | A REASON FOR ADMINISTERING A PARTICULAR MEDICATION |
| INTRAOCULAR MEDICATION DISK | A SMALL MEDICATION-DELIVERY DEVICE RESEMBLING A CONTACT LENS AND INSERTED INTO THE CONJUNCTIVAL SAC SO THAT IT FLOATS ON THE SCLERA BETWEEN THE IRIS AND THE LOWER EYELID |
| LINIMENT | A LIQUID OR SEMILIQUID PREPARATION CONTAINING OIL, ALCOHOL, OR WATER AND APPLIED TO THE SKIN, OFTEN AS COUNTERIRRITANT |
| LOTION | A LIQUID PREPARATION FOR EXTERNAL APPLICATION TO THE SKIN, USUALLY TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE DRYNESS OR IRRITATION |
| MAXILLARY SINUSES | AIR CAVITIES IN THE MAXILLA (THE UPPER JAW) BELOW THE BONY ORBIT AND ABOVE THE HARD PALATE THAT DRAIN INTO THE MIDDLE MEATUS OF THE NASAL CAVITY |
| MENISCUS | THE CURVED UPPER SURFACE OF A COLUMN OF LIQUID |
| METERED DOSE INHALER | A MEDICATION - DELIVERY DEVICE THAT DISPERSES MEDICATION AS AN AEROSOL SPRAY, MIST, OR POWDER INTO THE AIRWAYS VIA INHALATION |
| MYDRIATIC | ANY DRUG THAT DILATES THE PUPIL |
| NARIS | ONE OF THE EXTERNAL ORIFICES OF THE NOSE (PLURAL = NARES) |
| NASAL | PERTAINING TO THE NOSE |
| OINTMENT | A SEMISOLID PREPARATION, USUALLY OILY, FOR EXTERNAL APPLICATION TO THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES AND USUALLY CONTAINING A MEDICINAL SUBSTANCE |
| ORIFICE | THE ENTRANCE TO OR OUTLET OF A BODY CAVITY |
| OTIC | PERTAINING TO THE EAR |
| PINNA | THE EXTERNAL EAR, ALSO CALLED THE AURICLE |
| PRN | AS NEEDED, DERIVED FROM THE LATIN WORDS PRO RE NATA |
| PRURITUS | ITCHING |
| RECTAL | PERTAINING TO THE RECTUM, THE DISTAL PORTION OF THE LARGE INTESTINE FROM THE SIGMOID COLON TO THE ANUS |
| ROUTE | THE MEANS OF ENTRANCE OF A MEDICATION INTO THE BODY, SUCH AS ORAL OR INTRAMUSCULAR |
| SIMS' POSITION | LYING ON ONE SIDE WITH THE LOWERMOST ARM BEHIND THE BODY AND THE UPPERMOST LEG FLEXED |
| SPHENOID SINUSES | AIR CAVITIES IN THE SPHENOID BONE (AT THE BASE OF THE CRANIUM) THAT DRAIN INTO THE SPHEDOETHMOIDAL RECESS AT THE TOP OF THE NASAL CAVITY |
| SUPPOSITORY | A SOLID, DISSOLVABLE CONE-SHAPED MEDICATION PREPARATION INSERTED INTO THE RECTUM, VAGINA, OR URETHRA |
| SUPPURATING | FORMING OR DISCHARGING PUS |
| SUSPENSION | A LIQUID PREPARATION CONSISTING OF SOLID PARTICLES DISPERSED THROUGHOUT A LIQUID PHASE IN WHICH THEY ARE NOT SOLUBLE |
| SYRUP | A CONCENTRATED SOLUTION OF A SUGAR IN WATER OR OTHER AQUEOUS LIQUID, SOMETIMES WITH A MEDICINAL AGENT ADDED |
| SYSTEMIC | PERTAINING TO OR AFFECTING THE BODY AS A WHOLE |
| TABLET | A SOLID DOSAGE FORM OF A MEDICINAL SUBSTANCE OF VARYING WEIGHT AND SIZE, MOLDED OR COMPRESSED INTO A SPECIFIC SHAPE |
| TYMPANIC MEMBRANE | OBLIQUELY PLACED, THIN PARTITION BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL ACOUSTIC MEATUS AND THE TYMPANIC CAVITY; EARDRUM |
| VAGINAL | PERTAINING TO THE VAGINA, THE FEMALE GENITAL CANAL, EXTENDING FROM THE VULVA TO THE CERVIX OF THE UTERUS |
| ACROMIAL PROCESS | THE LATERAL EXTENSION OF THE SPINE OF THE SCAPULA, PROJECTING OVER THE SHOULDER JOINT AND FORMING THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE SHOULDER |
| AMPULE | A SMALL, SEALED, SINGLE-USE GLASS OR PLASTIC CONTAINER CONTAINING STERILE PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS OR SOLUTIONS |
| ANGLE | RELATED TO INJECTIONS, THE MEASURED SPACE CREATED BY TWO DIVERGING LINES, ONE FORMED BY THE NEEDLE AND THE OTHER BY THE SKIN OR BODY PART INTO WHICH THE NEEDLE IS INJECTED |
| ANTECUBITAL SPACE | THE AREA ON THE ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE ARM SITUATED IN FRONT OF THE CUBITUS, OR ELBOW; ANTERIOR AREA WHERE THE ARM BENDS WHEN FLEXING AT THE ELBOW |
| ANTERIOR | SITUATED BEFORE OR TOWARD THE FRONT OR FORWARD PART |
| ANTEROLATERAL | SITUATED ANTERIORLY AND TO ONE SIDE |
| ANTIMICROBIAL | ABLE TO DESTROY OR SUPPRESS THE GROWTH OF PATHOGENS AND OTHER MICROORGANISMS |
| ASPIRATE | TO WITHDRAW OR REMOVE, VIA A SYRINGE OR OTHER APPARATUS; AS A NOUN, THE SUBSTANCE OR MATERIAL OBTAINED BY ASPIRATION, AS IN GASTRIC ASPIRATE; ALSO REFERS TO INADVERTENTLY INHALING FLUID OR OTHER SUBSTANCES INTO THE LUNGS |
| AXILLARY LINE | AN IMAGINARY LINE RUNNING VERTICALLY DOWN THE SURFACE OF THE BODY AND PASSING THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE AXILLA (ARMPIT) |
| BARREL | THE COMPONENT OF A SYRINGE THAT ENCASES THE PLUNGER AND IS MARKED WITH VOLUME CALIBRATIONS |
| BEVEL | THE SLANTED SURFACE AT THE TIP OF A NEEDLE |
| CONTAMINATE | BECOME OR MAKE UNSTERILE |
| DARTING | REFERRING TO THE ACTION OF INJECTING QUICKLY AND WITHOUT HESITATION |
| DELTOID | THE TRIANGULAR SHAPED SHOULDER MUSCLE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABDUCTING, FLEXING, AND EXTENDING THE ARM |
| DILUENT | A DILUTING AGENT, SUCH AS A STERILE FLUID USED TO PREPARE A POWDERED FORM OF MEDICATION FOR INJECTION |
| FILTER NEEDLE | A SPECIAL TYPE OF NEEDLE REQUIRED WHEN DRAWING UP CERTAIN TYPES OF MEDICATIONS TO KEEP SMALL PARTICLES OF MEDICATION OR RUBBER OR GLASS (FROM A VIAL OR AMPULE) FROM ENTERING THE SYRINGE AND BEING INJECTED ALONG WITH THE INTENDED SOLUTION |
| GAUGE | THE STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT USED TO QUANTIFY A NEEDLE'S SIZE, THE LOWER THE NUMBERS REFLECTING LARGER NEEDLES AND VICE VERSA |
| GREATER TROCHANTER | A BROAD, FLAT PROCESS AT THE UPPER END OF THE LATERAL SURFACE OF THE FEMUR TO WHICH SEVERAL MUSCLES ARE ATTACHED AND SERVING AS A LANDMARK FOR INDENTIFYING THE VASTUS LATERALIS INJECTION SITE |
| HUB | THE PART OF A NEEDLE THAT ATTACHES TO THE SYRINGE |
| ILIAC SPINE | ONE OF THE FOUR PROJECTIONS OF THE ILIUM, THE LARGE PELVIC BONE THAT SUPPORTS THE FLANK, ONE OF WHICH (THE ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE) IS USED AS A LANDMARK FOR INDENTIFYING THE VENTROGLUTEAL INJECTION SITE |
| INJECTION | THE INSERTION OF FLUID INTO THE BODY OR CONTAINER VIA A NEEDLE AND SYRINGE |
| INTRADERMAL | WITHIN OR INTO THE SKIN |
| INTRAMUSCULAR | WITHIN OR INTO A MUSCLE |
| INTRAVENOUS | WITHIN OR INTO THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION VIA A VEIN |
| LUER LOK | A PATENTED, THREADED TIP OF A SYRINGE THAT CAN BE TWISTED ONTO CERTAIN PORTS AND NEEDLES TO CREATE A FIRM LOCK |
| MASSAGE | APPLYING PRESSURE IN A RUBBING OR KNEADING MOTION TO THE SKIN |
| MULTIDOSE | CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE PORTION OR DOSAGE |
| NEEDLE | A SLENDER, SHARP, HOLLOW METAL INSTRUMENT USED FOR INTRODUCING MATERIAL INTO OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM THE BODY OR A CONTAINER |
| PLUNGER | THE RUBBER TIPPED PORTION OF A SYRINGE THAT FITS INSIDE THE BARREL AND IS PULLED OUTWARD TO DRAW FLUID OR AIR INTO THE SYRINGE AND PUSHED INWARD TO INSERT FLUID INTO THE BODY OR FLUID OR AIR INTO A CONTAINER |
| RECONSTITUTE | CONVERT MEDICATION IN A POWDERED FORM TO A LIQUID FOR INJECTION BY ADDING DILUENT TO THE POWDER |
| SCAPULA | THE FLAT, TRIANGULAR BONE IN THE BACK OF THE SHOULDER; THE SHOULDER BLADE |
| SHARP | DEVICES CAPABLE OF PENTRATING THE SKIN EASILY, SUCH AS NEEDLES AND SCALPEL BLADES |
| SKINFOLD | A LAYER OF SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS FAT RAISED BY PINCHING THE SKIN AND LETTING THE UNDERLYING MUSCLE FALL BACK TO THE BONE |
| SUBCUTANEOUS | WITHIN OR INTO THE LAYER OF TISSUE BENEATH THE SKIN |
| SUPERIOR | SITUATED BEFORE OR TOWARD THE TOP OR UPPERMOST PART |
| SYRINGE | A DEVICE CONSISTING OF A BARREL AND A PLUNGER AND USED TO WITHDRAW OR INJECT FLUID INTO OR OUT OF THE BODY OR FLUID OR AIR INTO OR OUT OF A CONTAINER |
| UMBILICUS | THE NAVEL |
| VASTUS LATERALIS | THE MUSCLE AT THE LATERAL ASPECT OF FEMUR THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTENDING THE LEG AND THE KNEE |
| VENTRODORSAL GLUTEAL | REFERRING TO A SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION SITE IDENTIFIED AS THE UPPER PORTION OF THE UPPER OUTER QUADRANT OF THE BUTTOCK |
| VENTROGLUTEAL | REFERRING TO AN INJECTION SITE THAT CONSISTS OF THE GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE, LOCATED ON TOP OF THE GLUTEUS MINIMUS MUSCLE |
| VIAL | A PLASTIC OR GLASS CONTAINER IN WHICH LIQUID OR POWDERED MEDICATION IS PACKAGED IN AN AIRTIGHT AND STERILE ENVIRONMENT AND SEALED WITH A RUBBER STOPPER |
| WHEAL | A SMOOTH, REDDENED OR PALE, SLIGHTLY ELEVATED AREA ON THE SKIN THAT IS EITHER INDUCED VIA INTRADERMAL INJECTION OR IS TYPICAL OF ALLERGIC REACTIONS |
| Z TRACK | A METHOD OF INJECTION THAT INVOLVES DISPLACING THE SKIN AND THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE AT THE INJECTION SITE, MAINTAINING THIS DISPLACEMENT THROUGHOUT THE INJECTION, AND RELEASING IT IMMEDIATELY AFTER WITHDRAWING THE NEEDLE FROM THE SKIN |
| ADDITIVE | ANY SUBSTANCE, SUCH AS A FLAVORING AGENT, PRESERVATIVE, OR VITAMIN, ADDED TO ANOTHER SUBSTANCE (SUCH AS A FOOD OR DRUG) THAT IS TO BE ABSORBED |
| BOLUS | A CONCENTRATED DOSE OF MEDICATION INJECTED DIRECTLY INTO THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION VIA AN INTRAVENOUS (IV) LINE; ALSO CALLED AN IV PUSH |
| CANNULA | A TUBE INSERTED INTO A VESSEL, DUCT, OR CAVITY |
| COLLOID | A PLASMA EXPANDER; A PROTEIN-CONTAINING FLUID INFUSED INTRAVENOUSLY TO HELP RESTORE CIRCULATING BLOOD VOLUME |
| COMPATIBILITY | HARMONIOUS COEXISTENCE; USED TO REFER TO TWO OR MORE MEDICATIONS OR SOLUTIONS THAT CAN BE GIVEN SIMULTANEOUSLY OR MIXED WITHOUT CHANGING THE EFFECTS OF EACH OTHER OR CAUSING ANY NEW RESPONSES NOT SEEN WITH ANY OF THE DRUGS OR SOLUTIONS ADMINISTERED ALONE |
| CRYSTALLOID | SALT THAT DISSOLVES READILY INTO TRUE SOLUTIONS, SUCH AS IN INTRAVENOUS SOLUTIONS |
| DRIP CHAMBER | THE PORTION OF AN INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION SET THAT LIES JUST BELOW THE TUBING INSERTION SPIKE AND ALLOWS VISUALIZATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL DROPS OF SOLUTION BEING INFUSED; THE PORTION SQUEEZED AND RELEASED TO BEGIN THE FLOW OF SOLUTION IMMEDIATELY AFTER INSERTION OF THE SPIKE INTO THE SOLUTION BAG OR BOTTLE WHEN PREPARING AN INTRAVENOUS INFUSION SET |
| DRIP FACTOR OR DROP FACTOR | THE CALIBRATION OR NUMBER OF DROPS PER MILLILITER OF SOLUTION DELIVERED FOR A PARTICULAR DRIP CHAMBER |
| ELECTROLYTE | A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE THAT DEVELOPS AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE AND CAN CONDUCT AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT WHEN PLACED IN WATER, SUCH AS SODIUM AND POTASSIUM |
| ELECTRONIC INFUSION PUMP | DEVICE THAT DELIVERS INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS VIA POSITIVE PRESSURE AT A SPECIFIC PRESET RATE |
| EMBOLUS | A BLOOD CLOT OR A BOLUS OF AIR DEVELOPED IN OR INTRODUCED INTO A BLOOD VESSEL THAT MOVES FROM ITS PLACE OF ORIGIN AND IS CAPABLE OF OBSTRUCTING BLOOD CIRCULATION |
| EXTENSION TUBING | A LENGTH OF INTRAVENOUS TUBING ADDED TO AN INTRAVENOUS LINE TO ALLOW THE PATIENT GREATER MOBILITY WHILE STILL KEEPING THE LINE STABLE |
| EXTRAVASATION | SEEPAGE OR INTRODUCTION OF FLUID, SUCH AS INTRAVENOUS FLUID, INTO THE TISSUES SURROUNDING A BLOOD VESSEL; SIMILAR TO INFILTRATION |
| HEPARIN LOCK | AN INTRAVENOUS CATHETER INSERTED INTO A VEIN AND LEFT IN PLACE FOR THE INTERMITTENT ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION THROUGH ITS PORT OR AS AN OPEN LINE FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND INTERMITTENTLY FLUSHED WITH A HEPARIN SOLUTION TO MAINTAIN PATENCY |
| HYPERTONIC | REFERRING TO A SOLUTION THAT HAS A HIGHER OSMOLARITY THAN BODY FLUIDS HAVE |
| HYPODERMOCLYSIS | INTRODUCTION INTO THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES OF FLUIDS, SUCH AS NORMAL SALINE SOLUTION, TO HELP CORRECT DEHYDRATION FROM INADEQUATE INTAKE OR LOSS OF FLUID AND SODIUM |
| HYPOTONIC | REFERRING TO A SOLUTION THAT HAS A LOWER OSMOLARITY THAN BODY FLUIDS HAVE |
| INCOMPATIBILITY | LACK OF HARMONIOUS COEXISTENCE; USED TO REFER TO TWO OR MORE MEDICATIONS OR SOLUTIONS THAT CANNOT BE GIVEN SIMULTANEOUSLY OR MIXED WITHOUT CHANGING THE EFFECTS OF EACH OTHER OR CAUSING ANY NEW RESPONSES NOT SEEN WITH ANY OF THE DRUGS OR SOLUTIONS ADMINISTERED ALONE |
| INDURATION | A HARDENING OR A LUMP, SUCH AS WHAT FORMS IN THE SKIN WITH A POSITIVE REACTION TO A TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST |
| INFILTRATION | SEEPAGE OR INTRODUCTION OF FLUID, SUCH AS INTRAVENOUS FLUID, INTO THE TISSUES SURROUNDING A BLOOD VESSEL; SIMILAR TO EXTRAVASATION |
| INFUSION | SLOW, INTENTIONAL INTRODUCTION OF FLUID INTO A VEIN |
| INJECTION PORT | A SMALL, COVERED, BRANCHED PORTION OF INTRAVENOUS TUBING CONFIGURED AS A PLACE TO INJECT MEDICATION OR FLUID INTO THE INFUSING FLUID |
| INTRAVENOUS | WITHIN OR INTO A VEIN |
| ISOTONIC | REFERRING TO A SOLUTION THAT HAS THE SAME OSMOLARITY AS BODY FLUIDS |
| IV PUSH | A CONCENTRATED DOSE OF MEDICATION INJECTED DIRECTLY INTO THE SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION VIA AN INTRAVENOUS (IV) LINE; ALSO CALLED AN IV BOLUS |
| MACRODRIP | DELIVERING 10, 15, OR MORE DROPS PER MILLILITER, VARYING WITH THE MANUFACTURER |
| MICRODRIP | DELIVERING 60 DROPS PER MILLILITER OF FLUID |
| MINI INFUSION PUMP | A BATTERY POWERED DEVICE THAT DELIVERS MEDICATIONS IN VERY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FLUID FROM STANDARD SYRINGES WITHIN A CONTROLLED TIME FRAME |
| OSMOLARITY | THE CONCENTRATION OF SOLUTES IN BODY FLUIDS, EXPRESSED IN OSMOLES OF SOLUTE PER LITER OF SOLUTION (SIMILAR TO OSMOLALITY, EXCEPT THAT OSMOLALITY IS EXPRESSED IN OSMOLES OF SOLUTE PER KILOGRAM OF SOLVENT) |
| PARENTERAL | REFERRING TO ADMINISTRATION OF SOLUTIONS OR MEDICATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, SUCH AS INTRAVENOUSLY OR INTRAMUSCULARLY |
| PHLEBITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN |
| SALINE LOCK | AN INTRAVENOUS CATHETER INSERTED INTO A VEIN AND LEFT IN PLACE FOR THE INTERMITTENT ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION THROUGH ITS PORT OR AS AN OPEN LINE FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND INTERMITTENTLY FLUSHED WITH NORMAL SALINE SOLUTION TO MAINTAIN PATENCY |
| STOPCOCK | A DEVICE USE TO STOP OR REGULATE THE FLOW OF FLUID THROUGH TUBING |
| SYRINGE PUMP | A DEVICE THAT DELIVERS MEDICATIONS IN VERY SMALL AMOUNTS OF FLUID FROM STANDARD SYRINGES WITHIN A CONTROLLED TIME FRAME |
| THROMBOPHLEBITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN (PHEBITIS) ASSOCIATED WITH THROMBUS (CLOT) FORMATION |
| VOLUME CONTROL ADMINISTRATION | AN INTRAVENOUS INFUSTION APPARATUS THAT INCORPORATES A SECONDARY FLUID CONTAINER (SUCH AS A VOLUTROL OR A BURETROL) SEPARATE FROM THE PRIMARY FLUID BOTTLE OR BAG AND CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE PRIMARY INTRAVENOUS LINE OR TO SEPARATE TUBING THAT INSERTS INTO THE LINE; USED TO LIMIT THE VOLUME OF FLUID ADMINISTERED OVER A PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD OR TO PREVENT RAPID-DOSE INFUSION OF MEDICATIONS VIA IV PUSH |
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