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angel' s PhT alternative environments
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mail order | maintenance medications filled in large-scale operation that is highly automated |
| maintenance therapy | treatment for chronic conditions such as depression, GI disorders, heart disease, HTN, diabetes |
| regulation | mail order pharmacies must follow federal and state requirements in processing prescriptions, but are not necessarily licensed in each state to which they send prescriptions |
| home care | patient-care received in the home, generally supervised by a registered nurse who works with a physician, pharmacist, and others to administer a care plan that involves the patient or another care-giver |
| home infusion | medication via IV infusion, primarily ABx, TPN, pain mgmt, chemotherapy; fastest growing area of home health care |
| infusion pumps | pumps that control the rate of drug or fluid infusion; can be for single or multiple therapies, as well as ambulatory pumps worn by patients |
| long-term care | LTC |
| LTC | care provided for people unable to care for themselves due to mental or physical impairment |
| distributive RPH | LTC pharmacist responsible for making sure patients receive the correct medicines that have been ordered |
| consultative RPH | LTC pharmacist who develops and maintains an individualized pharmaceutical plan for every LTC resident |
| RPH | registered pharmacist |
| emergency kits | E-kits |
| E-kits | locked kits that are accessed for LTC patients requiring an immediate or starter dose of a medication not currently on MAR |