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Appendix C
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absorption | Amount of medication that enters the bloodstream |
| Accreditation | recognition of an institution |
| Ambulatory Pharmacy | Provides medication services to ambulatory patient |
| Automated Dispensing Technology | Robotics that secures medication and dispenses to caregivers |
| Automated medication dispensing device | |
| Bioavailability | The percentage of an administered dose that reaches the bloodstream |
| Brand-name drug | A drug that is covered by a patent/sing manufacturer |
| Buccal | Absorbed through the cheek |
| Centralized dispensing Automation | |
| Certification | An non-governmental agency that recognizes an individual for completing predetermined qualifications |
| Chain Pharmacy | corporately owned pharmacies |
| Community Pharmacy | stand-alone pharmacy |
| controlled substances | Federal controlled substances Act |
| Decentralized Pharmacy | A pharmacy satellite |
| Dispensing | Act of preparing an medication |
| Drug distribution Services | System used to distribute medication |
| Expectorate | To cough |
| Generic | no longer covered by a patent |
| HIPAA | Protection of patient privacy |
| Inhalent | A mist through the mouth into the respiratory tract |
| Intra caridac | Injected into the heart Muscle |
| Intra dermal | Injected into the top layers of the skin |
| Intra Muscular | Injected into a large muscle mass |
| Intra peritoneal | Abdominal cavity |
| Intra pleural | Sac that surrounds the lungs |
| Intra venous | Injected directly into a vein |
| intra thecal | Injected around the spinal cord |
| legend drug | Dispensed by prescription only |
| Licensure | Government grants permission to practice your occupation in the state |
| Lozenge | A sugar based medication that dissolves in the mouth |
| Medication order | A request for patient medcation |
| National Drug Order | Used to identify a drug |
| ointment | A semi-solid medication applied to the skin |
| over-the-counter | without prescription |
| Parenteral | bypasses the gastrointestinal tract |
| Patient counseling | the act of educating a patient |
| Pharmacists | Has advanced training in pharmaceutical sciences |
| Pharmacy satellite | Decentralized pharmacy |
| Prescription | Authorization by an authorized prescriber |
| Primary prescription label | A label affixed to a dispensed drug products |
| Professional | |
| Proffessionalism | "putting the needs of others before your own" |
| Subcutaneous | just under the skin |
| Sublingual | Placed under the tongue |
| Technician | Assists the pharmacists |
| Topical | External parts of the body |
| Transdermal | Through the skin |
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