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pht 100 c91
chapter 9 part 1
Question | Answer |
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hospitals vary in | size, type, & function |
pharm]s exist in | nearly all hospitals |
techs have worked for hospitals since | 1960 |
the ceo of the pharm] dept. is | the pharm] director |
the pharm] director is responsible overall for | the hospital's pharm] service |
the pharm] director duties are to | manage budget, hire/fire staff, make strategic visions, ensure compliance with state & fed. laws/regulations, & make policies, procedures |
the pharm] director determines the | level & scope of offered service |
the offered services in pharm] are | the type of med. distribution systems, hrs.of operation, & provision of specialty services such as outpatient services |
hospitals & community pharm]s generally have | the same services |
hospital pharm]s dispense parental drugs, biological agents, & | potentially hazardous chemotherapy meds. (unlike community pharm]s) |
in many hospital pharm]s, the inpatient drug distribution systems consists of | unit doses, floor stock, iv admixtures, & tpn services |
the inpatient drug distribution system is often highly | automated, thereby improving quality/efficiency of services & minimizing med. errors |
all computer systems are | private |
computer systems protect | med. orders, unit doses, floor stock, narcotics in pharm], iv admixture services, & med. administration records |
in hospitals, rx's are in | med. order form |
the types of med. orders are | the admitting order, a new order, a stat order, & continuation order |
these admitting order, a new order, a stat order, & continuation order are | written by physician at admittance time, a new rx, received as primary priority, & perceived as refills |
a medication order is | a hospital rx |
an admitting order is | a rx for an admitted patient |
a unit dose is | a prepackaged med. for a single dose/administration |
unit doses have been used since | the 1960s |
the increase of efficiency in unit doses is to | make the drug formulation as ready to administer as possible |
an inpatient drug delivery system is | a pharm] system that delivers all types of needed drugs to hospital staying patients |
the types of delivered drugs are | commonly in unit doses, repackages, floor stock, iv's, & tpn services |
to add patients unit dose, techs | use a fill list |