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Ch.12 Terms & Defs

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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
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