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Terms and Definition
Terms and Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) | An association of pharmacists, pharmacy students, and technicians practicing in hospitals and health care systems, including home health care; has a long history of advocating for patient safety and establishing best practice to improve medication use |
| Automated Dispensing System (ADS) | Electronic system used to dispense medications |
| Medication Error | Any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm |
| Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) | An organization that offers national certification for pharmacy technicians in the United States. |
| Quality Assurance | Establishing systems for ensuring quality of a product |
| Quality Control | The use of established systems to ensure quality of a product |
| infix | a meaningful stem in a generic name in the middle of the word (eg, methylPREDnisolone) |
| INN | International Nonproprietary Name, a generic name |
| NSAID | nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug ex: ibuprofen |
| Prefix | a meaningful stem, in a generic name in the beginning of the word (CEFdinir) |
| RAAS | renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system; helps regulate blood pressure |
| stem | a meaningful group of letters in a generic name that allows one to classify the medication by those letters |
| suffix | a meaningful stem in a generic name at the end of the word (eg, peniCILLIN) |
| USANC | United States Adopted Names Council, the body that makes decisions on drug names |
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