B&G
What is admitting order?
a medication order written by a physician on admission of a patient to the hospital; may or may not include a medication order
What is a drug formulary?
a list of approved medications for a discharged patient
What is home medications?
a patient's medications brought from home to continue use while in the hospital
What is the Joint Commission?
An independent governing body that sets standards for quality patient care and safety in hospitals and other healthcare facilities; this organization is responsible for the accreditation of hospitals
What is the pharmacy and therapeutics (P&T) Committee?
a committee of the hospital that reviews, approves, and revises the hospital's formulary of drugs and maintains the drug use policies of the hospital
a secure, locked storage cabinet of designated drugs on a nursing unit whose software can track the dispensing and administration of each dose of medication to each patient
What is electronic health record (EHR)?
a computerized health information record to share patient information among authorized healthcare providers to better coordinate health care
What is an institutional review board (IRB)?
a committee of the hospital that ensures that appropriate protection is provided to patients using investigational drugs; sometimes referred to as the human use committee
What is a medical chart?
a hard copy or digital legal document that contains the clinical information that a hospital collects in-house and consists of patient identifying demographics, hospital room number, physician notes, problem list, medication orders and list, nursing assessments, and discharge
What is a pick station?
an area of the inpatient pharmacy that houses frequently prescribed formulary drugs in commercially available unit dose packaging, thus allowing efficient medication cart filling by more than one technician
What is a cart fill list?
a daily printout of all patient profiles
What is eMAR?
an online record that documents the administration time of each drug to each patient by a nurse using barcode technology
What is an intake record?
documentation by the nurse upon admission to the hospital
What is a medication order?
a prescription written in the hospital setting
What is a policy and procedures manual?
an online or written, step-by-step set of instructions for pharmacists and technicians alike on all operations within the pharmacy department
What is the director of pharmacy?
also known as the pharmacist in charge (PIC), the chief executive officer of the hospital pharmacy department
What is floor stock?
medications stocked in a secured area at each nursing patient care station or floor
What is an IV admixture?
a centralized pharmacy service that prepares IV, TPN, and hazardous preparations in a sterile, cleanroom work environment
What is a nonformulary drug?
a drug not included on the hospital's drug formulary
What is quality assurance (QA)?
a system of procedures, activities, feedback, and oversight that ensures that operational and quality standards are consistently met
What is a discharge order?
an order written by a physician that provides take-home instructions, including prescribed medications and doses, for a discharged patient
What is Home Infusion pharmacy?
a specialty pharmacy set up particularly to serve home healthcare dispensing
What is an investigational drug?
a drug used in clinical trials that has not yet been approved by the FDA for use in the general population, or a drug for non-approved indications
What are par levels?
the minimum restock and maximum reorder levels for each drug on each nursing unit
What is a STAT order?
a medication order that is to be filled and sent to the patient care unit immediately