Term | Definition |
Absorption | Amount of medication that enters the bloodstream |
Accreditation | recognition of an institution |
Ambulatory Pharmacy | Provides medication services to ambulatory patient |
Automated Dispensing Technology | Robotics that secures medication and dispenses to caregivers |
Automated medication dispensing device | |
Bioavailability | The percentage of an administered dose that reaches the bloodstream |
Brand-name drug | A drug that is covered by a patent/sing manufacturer |
Buccal | Absorbed through the cheek |
Centralized dispensing Automation | |
Certification | An non-governmental agency that recognizes an individual for completing predetermined qualifications |
Chain Pharmacy | corporately owned pharmacies |
Community Pharmacy | stand-alone pharmacy |
controlled substances | Federal controlled substances Act |
Decentralized Pharmacy | A pharmacy satellite |
Dispensing | Act of preparing an medication |
Drug distribution Services | System used to distribute medication |
Expectorate | To cough |
Generic | no longer covered by a patent |
HIPAA | Protection of patient privacy |
Inhalent | A mist through the mouth into the respiratory tract |
Intra caridac | Injected into the heart Muscle |
Intra dermal | Injected into the top layers of the skin |
Intra Muscular | Injected into a large muscle mass |
Intra peritoneal | Abdominal cavity |
Intra pleural | Sac that surrounds the lungs |
Intra venous | Injected directly into a vein |
intra thecal | Injected around the spinal cord |
legend drug | Dispensed by prescription only |
Licensure | Government grants permission to practice your occupation in the state |
Lozenge | A sugar based medication that dissolves in the mouth |
Medication order | A request for patient medcation |
National Drug Order | Used to identify a drug |
ointment | A semi-solid medication applied to the skin |
over-the-counter | without prescription |
Parenteral | bypasses the gastrointestinal tract |
Patient counseling | the act of educating a patient |
Pharmacists | Has advanced training in pharmaceutical sciences |
Pharmacy satellite | Decentralized pharmacy |
Prescription | Authorization by an authorized prescriber |
Primary prescription label | A label affixed to a dispensed drug products |
Professional | |
Proffessionalism | "putting the needs of others before your own" |
Subcutaneous | just under the skin |
Sublingual | Placed under the tongue |
Technician | Assists the pharmacists |
Topical | External parts of the body |
Transdermal | Through the skin |