Pharmacy Technician Ch.15&16 terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Interpersonal skills | skills involving relationships between people |
| transactions windows | counter areas designated for taking prescriptions and for dispensing them to patients |
| counting tray | a tray designed for counting pills |
| safety cap | a child resistant cap |
| auxilary labels | labels regarding specific warnings foods or medications to avoid potential side effects and other cautionary interations |
| signature log | a book in which patients sign for the prescriptions they receive for legal and insurance purposes |
| mark up | the difference between the retailers purchase price and their sale price |
| shelf stickers | stickers with bar codes that can be scanned for inventory identification |
| unit price | the price of a unit of medication such as one ounce of a liquid cold remedy |
| in patient pharmacy | a pharmacy located in a hostpital which services only those patients in the hospital and its ancillary areas |
| pharmacy satellite | a branch of the in-patient pharmacy responsible for preparing dispensing and monitoring medication for specific patient areas |
| batching | preparation of large quantities of unit dose oral solutions/suspensions or small volume parenterals for future use |
| clean room | area designed for the preparation of sterile products |
| central pharmacy | the main in-patient pharmacy in a hospital that has pharmacy satellites it is the place where most of the hospitals medications are prepared and stored |
| outpatient pharmacy | a pharmacy attached to a hospital which services patients who have left the hospital or who are visiting doctors in a hospital outpatient clinic |
| bulk compounding log | a record of medications that are compounded in the pharmacy for non specific patients information must include a list of all the ingredients amount used manufacturer lot numbers and expiration dates of each specific ingredient |
| reconstitute | addiction of water or other diluent to commercially made drug bottles or vials in order to make solution or suspension from a pre-made powder form of the drug this may include oral or parenteral products |
| extemporaneous compounds | medications which must be prepared following a specific recipe or formula usually because they are not available commercially |
| formulary | a list of drugs stocked at the hospital which have been selevted based on therepeutic factors as well as cost |
| closed formulary | a type of formulary that requires physicians to order only those medications on the formulary list |
| non formulary | drugs not on the formulary list which a physician can order a physician may have to fill out a form stating wh that specific medication is required |
| unit dose | a package containing the amount of a drug required for one dose |
| automated dispensing system | a system in which medications are dispensed from an automated unit at the point of use |
| pneumatic tube | a system which shuttles objects through a tube using compressed air as the force |
| electronic medical record or electronic health record | a computerized patient medical record |
| standing order | a standard medication order for patients to recevie medcation at scheduled interavals |
| PRN order | an order for medicationto be administeered only on an as needed basis |
| STAT order | an order for medication to be administered immediately |
| medication administration record | a form that tracks the medications administered to a patient |
| final filter | a device used to remove particulate matter the filter should be placed at the end point of an IV line just before it enters a patients vein |
| drip rounds | a process in which the pharmacy technician goes to specific nursing units to find out what IV drips will be needed later that day |
| drug recall | a voluntary or involuntary removal of a drug product by the manufacturer it usually only pertains to a particular shipment or lot number |
| emergency drug procurement | to quickly obtain a mediation not currently in stock in the pharmacy in situations where the drug is urgently needed |
| par | amount of drug product that should be kept on the pharmacy shelf each drug product may have a different par value par levels may also be assigned to drug products in automated dispensing cabinets |
| restricted distribution | medications having limited availability to cost manufacturing problems or safety concerns typically pharmacies must ensure enrollment before obtaining the restricted drug |
| IVPB intravenous piggyback | a small volume parenteral that will be added into or piggybacked into a large volume parenteral` |
| total parenteral nutrition | protein carbohydrates and essential nutrients to be given to the patient through an IV line it may also contain fat emulsion |
| epidural | a sterile preservative free medication administered into a patients epidural space |
| short stability | medication that will expire soon after preparation |
| code cart | a locked cart of medications and other medical equipment designed for emergency use only |
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