Term | Definition |
Automated Dispensing Technology | Electronic storage cobinets or robotics that secure medications and dispense them to nurses or other caregivers when needed |
Automated Medication Dispensing Device | A drug storage device or cabinet that contains and inventory of medications that are electronically dispensed so they may be administered to patients in a controlled manner |
Bioavalibility | Thepercentage of an administrated dose of medication that reaches the blood stream |
Brand-Name Drug | A drug that is covered by a patient & is thetrefore only avalible from a single manufacturer |
Buccal | A solid medication dosage form that is placed in the pocket betweem the cheek and gum & is absorbed through the cheek into the blood stream |
Centralized Dispensing Automation | Technology that assist in the section and dispensing of drug products that are located in a central location, such as the pharmacy, and that can include robotics and carousels that use barcodes scanning to select and label drug products for patients |
Centralized Pharmacy | Pharmacy services that are provided from location ( usually centrally located) in the hospital. Pharmacy personell, resources, and functions primarily reside within this self contained location |
Certification | A voluntary process by which a nongovernmental agency or association grants recognition to an individual who has met certain predetermined qualifications specified by that agency or association. This recognition demonstrated that the certified individual |
Chain Pharmacy | A pharmacy that is a part of a large number of corparatly owned pharmacies that use the same name and carry similarly branded OTC products |
Community Pharmacy | Generally a stand alone pharmacy located within a community that provides medication servcices to ambulatory patients |
Controlled Substances | Drugs or chemical substance whose possession & use are regulated under the federal controlled substance act & by state controlled substance laws & regulations. Controlled substances are subject to stricter controls than other prescrip & non prescrip |
Decentralized Pharmacy | Pharmacy services that are provided on or near a patient care area. These services are often supported by a central pharmacy. Ex. A pharmacy Satellite |
Dispensing | The act of preparing a medication for use by a patient as authurized by a prescription |
Drug Distribution Services | The systems used to distribute medications that begin when the medication is recieved by the pharmacy and ends when the medication is administered to the patient |
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) | The federal agency that administers and enforces federal laws for controlled substances and illegal substances such as narcotices and other dangerous drugs. The DEA is part of the U>S>Deprt, of Justice |
Expectorante | To cough up or spit |
Generic Drug | A drug that is no longer covered by a patient and is therefore generally avalible from multipule manufactures usually resulting in a significant reduction in cost |
Health Insurance Probablity & Accountability Act (HIPPA) | Federal legislation enacted to establish guidlines for the protection of patients private health information |
Inhalant | A fine powder or solution of a drug delivered as a mist through the mouth into the respitory tract |
Intracadiac | Injected directly into the heart muscle |
Intradermal | Injected into the top layers of the skin |
Intramuscular | Injected directly into a large muscle mass, such as the upper arm,thigh ,or buttock, and absorbed from the muscle tissue into the blood stream |
Intraperioneal | Administered into the pertitoneal space (abdominal cavity) |
Intrapleural | Administered into the peritoneal space (abdominal cavity) |
Intrathecal | Injected into the space around the spinal cord |
Intravenous | Injected into a vein and therefore immediatly avalible to act in the body |
Legend Drug | A drug that is requiered by federal law to be dispensed by prescription only. It is the older term for drugs that are now identified as "Rx Only" |
Licensure | The process by which an agency of the government grants permission to an individual to engage in a given occupation upon finding that the applicant has attained a degree of competency necessary to ensure that public health , safety, and wellfare will be p |
Lozenge | A hard, disk- shaped solid medication dosage form the contains medication in a sugar base, which is released as the lozenge is held in the mouth and sucked |
Mail order pharmacy | A pharmacy that functions like a warehouse, which pharmacists and technicians who dispense prescriptions that are mailed to patients |
Medication Order | A written, elctronic , Telephone, or verbal request for a patient medication in an inpatient setting |
National Drug Code (NDC) Number | A unique number assigned to each drug, strength, and package size for the purpose of identification |
Ointment | A semi solid medication dosage form, appliec to the skin or mucous membranes, which lubricates & softens or is used as a base for drug delivery |
Over - The - Counter (OTC) Drugs | Drugs that are avalible without a prescription |
Parenteral | A route of medicaytion administration that by passes the gastrointestinal tract, such as intravenous, intramuscular, or subcutaneous administration |
Patient counseling | The act of educating a patient , by a pharmacist, regarding the proper use of a prescribed drug, at the time of dispensing |
Pharmacist | A health care professional licensed by the state to engage in the practice of pharmacy. Pharmacist have advance training in the pharmaceutical sciences, such as pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and pharmaceutics |
Pharmacy Satellite | A physical space located in or near a patient care area that can provide a variety of distributive and clinical services |
Professional | A person who practices an occuptiation or vacation that requiers advance specilized training |
Professionalism | Actrively demonstrating the attitudes, qualitys, and behaviors of a professional while performing the duties of one's profession |
Prescription | The written or verbal authorization , by an authorized prescriber, for the use of a particular pharmasutical agent for an individual patient.This term also referes tot he physical product dispensed |
Practice of pharmacy | Regulated by each state through its pharmacy laws and regulations. The state laws and regulations established the responsibilitys of the practice of pharmacy in the particular state |
Primary prescription | A label on a dispensed drug product, that contains legally requiered information, including pharmacy name & address, patient name, prescriber name, drug name, directions for use, date dispensed, cautionary statements, sequential prescription number. |
Registration | The process of making a list or being enrolled in an existing list. A pharmacy technician may be requiered to be registered with the state board of pharmacy before being able to legally carry out some pharmacy fuctions. |
STAT | Abbreviation of the Latin word statin, meaning immedeatly. Commonly used on medication orders to indicate the need for ther drug right away |
Subcutaneous | Deposited in the tissue just under the skin |
Subgingival | Administarted via the subgingival space, space between the tooth and the gum |
Sublingual | Placed under the tongue, where it disolves & is absorbed into the blood stream |
Transdermal | Through the skin ; percutaneous |
Topical | Applied to the skin, mucous membranes, or other external parts of the body, such as fingernails, toenails,& hair |
Technician | An individual skilled in th epractice of practical or mechanical aspects of a profession. A pharm tech assist the pharmasist by performing routine, day- to- day functions of the practice of pahrmacy that do not requier the judgment of a pharmacist |
Primary Prescription (continued) | Initials or name of dispensing pharmasist,quantity dispensed, number of refills expiration date, and lot number |