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Chapter 16

Hospital Pharmacy

TermDefinition
NURSES' STATION work station for medical personnel located on a nursing unit
NURSES' STATION is a central storage communication center for patient care in each hospital unit
ANCILLARY AREAS type of area ; radiology, the cardiac catheterization lab, and the emergency room
SATELLITE PHARMACIES pharmacies located in different areas of the hospital
QUALITY ASSURANCE TECHNICIAN conducts inspections of nursing units and other areas of the hospital that store medication, the technician makes sure that medications are stored and handled in compliance with hospital policy
INPATIENT PHARMACY is the area of the hospital responsible for medication preparation and distribution
PHARMACY SATELLITES are responsible for providing first doses of new medications ordered, all emergency medications, and replacing any missing or lost doses,have limited supply of medications
CENTRAL PHARMACY In hospitals that have satellite pharmacies, the main inpatient pharmacy is called ________
CENTRAL PHARMACY sterile product area, or clean room is usually located in the ________
USP 797 set of regulations issued by US Pharmacopoeia set of policies and practices that must be followed on preparing compounded sterile products
BATCHING preparation of large quantities of unit-dose oral solutions/suspensions or small volume parenteral for future use
CENTRAL PHARMACY the main inpatient pharmacy in a hospital that has pharmacy in a hospital that has pharmacy satellites.
CLEAN ROOM area designed for the preparation of sterile products
INPATIENT PHARMACY a pharmacy located in a hospital that services only those patients in the hospital and its ancillary areas
OUTPATIENT PHARMACY pharmacy attached to a hospital that services patients who have left the hospital or who are visiting doctors in a hospital outpatient clinic
PHARMACY SATELLITE a branch of the inpatient pharmacy responsible for preparing, dispensing and monitoring medication for specific patient areas
INVESTIGAIONAL DRUG SERVICE a specialized pharmacy subsection that deals solely with clinical drug trials
FORMULARY a list of drugs that have been selected by health-care professionals at the hospital based on therapeutic factors
PHARMACY & THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE (P&T) to set up, add, remove and periodically evaluate medications listed on the hospital formulary
CLOSED FORMULARY a type of formulary that requires physicians to order only those medications on the formulary list
NON-FORMLARY drugs not on the formulary list and not regularly stocked in the pharmacy
THERAPEUTIC INTERCHANGE a policy approved by the hospital P&T Committee that allows the pharmacist to change a medication order to a therapeutically equivalent formulary medication
PNEUMATIC TUBE a system that shuttles objects through a tube using compressed air as the force; commonly used in hospitals for delivery of medication
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD (EMR) OR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR) a computerized patient medical record
MEDICATION ORDER FORM In the hospital, all written orders for a patient are done on __________
COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY (CPOE) a system in which the physician or agent of the physician enters orders directly into the hospital computer system
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION RECORD (MAR) a form that tracks the medication administered to a patient
PRN ORDER an order for medication to be administered only on an as needed basis
STANDING ORDER a standard medication order for patients to receive medication at scheduled intervals
STAT ORDER an order for medication to be administered immediately
RESTRICTED MEDICATIONS cannot be dispensed until the appropriate service approves the order
AUTOMATIC STOP ORDERS these orders are active for only limited period of time, are used for certain class of medications, such as antibiotic & narcotics
AUTOMATIC STOP ORDERS help ensure that the patient's therapy is continually reassessed and monitored
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
FINAL FILTER a device used to remove particulate matter, the ________should be placed at the end of point of an IV line just before it enters a patient's vein
RISK EVALUATION AND MITIGATION STRATEGY (REMS) under the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act, the FDA requires manufacturers of drug with safety concerns to complete ____________
ELEMENT TO ASSURE SAFE USE (ETASU) may require a drug's prescribers to complete specific training and certificcatin
DRUG RECALL the voluntary or involuntary removal of drug product by the manufacturer, usually only pertains to a particular shipment or lot number
EMERGENCY DRUG PROCUREMENT quickly obtain a medication not currently in stock in the pharmacy in situations where the drug is urgently needed
PAR the amount of drug product that should be kept on the pharmacy shelf
EXTEMPORANEOUS COMPOUNDING the pharmacy technician will follow a recipe for a compound
BULK COMPOUNDING LOG once the medication is compounded a record of the preparation and ingredients must be put-in
RECONSTITUTE addition of water or other diluent to commercially
EXTEMPROANEOUS COMPOUND medications that must be prepared following a specific recipe or formula
BULK COMPOUNDING LOG a record of medications that are compounded in parmacy
RECONSTITUTE addition of water or other diluent to commercially made drug bottles or vials in order to make a solution or suspension fro premade powder form of the drug
UNIT DOSE a package containing the amount of a drug required for one dose
ADS A system in which the medications are dispensed from an automated unit at the point of use
SHORT STABILITY medication that will expire soon after preparation (within 1-6 hours after preparatio
TOTAL PAENTERAL NUTRITION (TPN) protein,carbohydrates and essential nutrients to be given to patiedt through IV line
CODE CART a locked cart of medications and other medical equipment
CODE CART a locked cart of medications and other medical equipment designed for emergency used lonely
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