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Chapter 2 Pharmaceutical Care
| Assay and control unit: | A group with the responsibility for auditing the control system and evaluating product quality; similar to a quality control unit. |
| Certified: | For a pharmacy technician, this means being granted recognition by a nongovernmental agency or association because of meeting predetermined qualifications they have specified as necessary. |
| Drug control: | A method used to eliminate or reduce the potential harm of the drug distributed. |
| Ethics: | A set of standards of behavior; in a profession, a guide to correct actions that should be followed. |
| Inpatient: | Refers to inside a hospital or other health care institution. In relation to pharmacy, this means that the pharmacy is located in a hospital or institution in which patients stay overnight or for longer. |
| Outpatient: | In relation to pharmacy, this means community pharmacy settings. |
| Pharmacy: | The art and science of dispensing and preparing medication and providing drug-related information to the public. |
| Preceptor: | A person who guides, tutors, and provides direction aimed at a specific performance. |
| Quality control: | In the pharmaceutical field, an organized effort of all individuals directly or indirectly involved in the production, packaging, and distribution of quality medications, which are safe, effective, and acceptable. |
| Quality control unit: | A group with the responsibility for auditing the control system and evaluating product quality; sometimes called an assay and control unit. |
| Registered: | Being placed on a list of similar practicing individuals by the state board of pharmacy. |
| United States Pharmacopeia (USP): | A nonprofit organization that sets standards for the identity, strength, quality, purity, packaging, and labeling of drug products; www.usp.org. |