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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prescription | an order for a medication for apatient that is written by a doctor |
| Universal Precautions | procedures followed by the health care setting to prevent infection or be exposed to bodily fluids |
| Side Effects | secondary responses to a drug other than the primary therapuetic effect for which the drug is intended |
| Third Party Adninistration | organization that processes insurance claims for a specific entity online billing |
| Vitamin | organic substance essential in small quanitites for normal metabolism |
| Food and Drug Administration | agency of the US responsible for safety regulation of most types of foods and drugs |
| National Drug Code | a unique number assigned to a product to identify the manufacturer, drug, packaging size, and type |
| Inert Ingredient | inactive chemicals that are added to active ingredients to improve drug formulations |
| Active Ingredient | a chemical in the drug product producing the desired therapuetic effect |
| Deductible | an amount that must be paid by the insured before the insurance company will consider paying its portion of a medical cost |
| Acquired Immunity | immunity that is the result of exposure to a disease antigen or the infection of immune globulins or through immunization |
| attenuated | lessened or weakened |
| Immunity | protection against a disease; espically infection |
| Intra | within or into |
| Average Wholesale Price | the average price that wholesales charge the pharmacy for a drug |
| Killed Vaccine | vaccine made from whole killed microbes and their components |
| Live vaccine | vaccines made from live microbes that have been rendered virulent hepatitis B vaccine |
| Passive Immunity | immunity acquired form the injection or passage of antibodies from a immune person or animal to another (Pass from mother to child) |
| vaccine | preparation containing a suspension of whole or fractioned microorganisms that on administration causes the recipient to form antibodies to form antibodies to a disease |