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Ch.12 Terms & Defs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anteroom | The room adjacent to the "clean room" used for donning all personal protective equipment (PPE) and wiping down all supplies that will be used in the compounding area. |
| Aseptic technique | The procedures used to eliminate the possibility of a drug becoming contaminated with microbes or particles. |
| Beyond-use date (BUD) | Defined by USP <797> as the date or time after which a compounded sterile preparation (CSP) shall not be administered, stored, or transported; it is determined from the date the preparation is compounded. |
| Biological safety cabinet (BSC) | A vertical flow hood that should be used for making hazardous sterile preparations in the clean room. |
| Clean room | In pharmacy, a contained and controlled environment in the pharmacy that has a low level of environmental pollutants (eg, dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles, and chemical vapors); the clean room is used for preparing sterile medication products. |
| Compounded sterile preparations (CSPs) | Preparations prepared in a sterile environment using nonsterile ingredients or devices that must be sterilized before administration. |
| Compounding aseptic containment isolator (CACI) | ISO Class 5 compounding area used to prepare hazardous drugs. |
| Critical site | Any surface or area exposed to first air, which is exposed or at risk for touch, or direct air (ie, vial tops, open ampules, needle hubs, or injection ports.) |
| First air | Air exiting the high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter in a unidirectional air stream |
| Gauges | The sizes of needle openings. |
| Hazardous drug | Any drug that has been proven to have dangerous effects during animal or human testing; it may cause cancer or may harm certain organs or pregnant women. |
| Hazardous waste | Any waste that meets the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) criteria or ignitability, corrosiveness, reactivity, or toxicity. |
| Health care-associated infection (HAI) | An infection that patients acquire during the course of receiving treatments for other conditions in an institutional setting. |
| Horizonal laminar flow hood | An environment for the preparation of compounded sterile preparations in which air originating from the back of the hood moves forward across the hood and into the room. |
| Hyperalimentation | Parenteral nutrition for individuals who are unable to eat solids or liquids |
| Infection control | Policies and procedures put in place to minimize the risk for spreading infections in hospitals or other health care facilities |