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Chapter 14 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| American Society or Health-System Pharmacist (ASHP) | Association of pharmacist , pharmacy students, and technicans practicing in hospitals and health care systems including home health care |
| Automated Dispensing Systems (ADS) | Electronic systems used to dispense medications |
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) | A non-profit organization devoted entirely to the improvement of health care by promoting promising concepts through safety, efficiency, and other patient centered goals |
| Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) | A non-profit organization devoted entirely to promoting safe medication use and prevent medication errors they gather information on drug errors and suggest new safer standards to avoid such errors |
| Institute of Medicine (IOM) | Established under the National Academics and part of the National Academy of Science this non-profit organization provides significantly informed analysis and guidance regarding health and health policies |
| Medication Error Prevention | Methods used by pharmacy, medicine, nursing, and other allied health professionals to prevent medication errors |
| MEDMARX | A national internet-accessible database that hospitals and health care systems use to track adverse drug effects or medication errors |
| MedWatch | Program established by the FDA for reporting drug and medical product safety alerts; has a voluntary adverse event reporting system for reporting medications and devices |
| National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) | Founded by the USP this is an independent council or more than 25 organizations gathered to address interdiscipinary causes of medication errors and strategies for prevention |
| Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) | Offers a national certification for pharmacy technicians in the united states |
| Pharmacy Technician Educators Council (PTEC) | U.S. organization that promotes teachers strategies and instructions for pharmacy technicians education |
| United States Pharmacopeia (USP) | Independent organization that strives to ensure quality, safety, and benefit of medications and dietary supplements by setting standards and certification processes |
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