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Chapter 11 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blister Pack | Container usually made of plastic that holds a single-dose tablet or capsule |
| Bubble Pack | A preformed card with depressions that can hold medications and sealed with a foiled back card |
| Calibration | The markings on a measuring device |
| Compounding | The act of mixing , reconstituting, and packaging a drug |
| Cream | A hydrophilic base |
| Elixir | A base solution that is a mixture of alcohol and water |
| Emulsification | To make into an emulation or to bind together |
| Excipient | Inert substance added to a drug to form a suitable consistency for dosing |
| FDA | Food and drug administration |
| Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) | Federal guidelines that must be followed by all entities that prepare and package medication or medical devices |
| Homogeneous | A uniformed composition throughout the medication mixture |
| Hydrophilic | water loving any substance that easily mixes with water |
| Hydrophobic | water hating any substance that doesn't mix or dissolve in water |
| Mortar and Pestle | A bowl and rounded knob used to grind substances into a fine powder or to mix liquids |
| Ointment | A hydrophobic product |
| Oleaginous Base | Ingredient used in compounding that doesn't dissolve in water |
| Periodic Automatic Replacement (PAR) | A set minimum amount of stock that needs to be kept on hand |
| Punch Method | Manual filling of capsules with powdered medication that has been premeasured |
| Reconstitution | To mix a liquid and a powder to create a solution or a suspension |
| Repackaging | The act of reducing the amount of medication from a bulk bottle |
| Solute | The ingredient that is dissolved into a solution |
| Solution | A water base in which the ingredient(s) dissolve completely |
| Solvent | The greater part of a solution that dissolves the solute |
| Strip Pack | A strip of heat sealed packets each holding one tablet or capsule; used to repackage medications |
| Suspention | A solution in which the powder doesn't dissolve into the base and must be shaken before use |
| Syrup | A sugar-based liquid |
| Triturate | To grind or crush powder such as a tablet into fine particles |
| Troche | A flat disk like tablet that dissolves between the gum and cheek |
| Unit Dose | A single dose of a drug |
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