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key terms chap 11,&12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The procedures used to eliminate the possibility of a drug becoming contaminated with microbs orparticles | Aseptic Technique |
| A coded message to indicate an emergency in a hospital situation | Code Blue |
| Supplies kept on hand in different units of a hospital | Floor stock |
| A hospitalized patient | Inpatient |
| Hospital pharmacy | Inpatient or in-house pharmacy |
| No known drug allergy | NKDA |
| A medication to be administered when directed, usually for preanesthesia | On-call |
| Periodic automatic replacement | PAR |
| After-surgery | Post-op |
| Before surgery | Pre-op |
| Latin term (pro ra nata) meaning "as needed" | PRN |
| A set of standard guidelines within which a facility works | Protocol |
| A medication order that must be filled as soon as possible usually within 5-15 min | Stat order |
| The size of the needle opening | Gauge |
| Enviornment for the preperation of sterile products that uses air originating from the back of the hood moving forward across the hood out into the room | Horizontal flow hood |
| Parenteral nutrition for persons who are unable to eat solids or liquids | Hyperalimintaion |
| Environment for the preperation of sterile products | Laminar flow hood` |
| medication administered by injection, such as intraveneously or intramuscularly | Parenteral medication |
| Injection of meds into the veins located on the periphery of the body system instead of a central vein or artery | Peripheral parenteral |
| To seperate from solution or suspension | Precipitate |
| Large volume intraveous nutrition administered through the central vein, which allows for a higher concentration of solutions | Total parental nutrition |
| A set of standards that lowers the possibility of contamination; used to prepare medications | Universal precautions |
| Environment used to prepare chemotherapy treatments that uses air originating from the roof of the hood moving downward that is captured in a vent located on the floor of the hood | Vertical flow hoood |
| To add a diluent such as saline or sterile water to a powder | Reconstitute |