key terms
Air Exchanges
New air replacements
A regional widespread contagious disease
Epidemic
IVPB
a small-volume paren-teral (SVP) infusion (50 mL, 100 mL, 250 mL) containing medications attached to a primary LVP IV solution
wherever the unidirectional filtered air meets resistance or blockage, particularly between the DCA and compounding technician; also the area at the edges of the compounding counter where the horizontal airflow meets the buffer room air
Zone of turbulence
Phlebitis
an inflammation of the vein from the administration of drugs
Cleanroom
an ISO-classified room (or two-room configuration of a cleanroom area) in which the concentration of airborne particles is controlled to meet a specified air-borne-particulate cleanliness class to prevent particle and microbial contamination of CSPs; also called the IV room or buffer room
The absence of pathogenic microorganisms
Asepsis
Positive Pressure
air is being blown into a room and therefore it has higher pressure than the adjacent spaces so the net airflow is out of the area
IV tubing for another medication that is attached to the primary tubing at a Y-site injection port
Secondary Tubing
Primary Tubing
IV tubing that is attached to the primary IV bag of solution
Distillation
process of boiling a liquid and capturing the condensed gases or vapor back into a purified liquid form
the small, open space just below the spike adaptor where the drops of fluid from the IV bag into the tubing are counted by the nurse to determine the flow rate of the IV solution
Drip chamber
Protozoan
a single-celled organism that inhabits water and soil
when an infection is so threatening to the body that the immune system begins to attack the body's own blood vessels and organs causing inflammation, leaky vessels, organ failure, and septic shock
Sepsis
Microdrip IV Tubing
IV tubing sets that have a smaller diameter and provide smaller drops and more drops per milliliter, such as 60 gtts/mL, used for pediatric patients and others who need more gradual dosing
Critical Site
the part of the syringe and/or needle that is at risk for contamination by touch or airflow interruption
a connector on the IV cubing which allows the injection of IV fluid or medication other than that in the current IV bag to be infused into the patient's vein
Injection port
Sterilization
the process of using chemicals, hear, cold, pressure, or other forces to kill microorganisms on exposed surfaces
IV solutions of generally 25 to 250 ml., typically administered as an IV piggyback (infusing into the LVP)
SVP
Macrodrip IV Tubing
IV tubing sets that have a sufficient diameter to deliver 10, 15, 20 per milliliter (10 gus/mL, 15 gus/mL, 20 guts/ml.), used for adult patients
Filtration
Funneling of a liquid or gas through filters, or mesh screens with minute holes too small for biological and chemical contaminants to pass through
an air quality classification from the International Organization for Standardization measures the amount of particulate matter in room air, the lower the ISO number, the less ticulate matter is present in the air.
ISO
Super bugs
bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic therapies
the manipulation of sterile products and devices to avoid contamination by disease-causing microorganisms, includes cleanroom protocols and hand washing and gowning procedures
Aseptic technique
Horizontal Laminar Air Flow Workbench
also known as a laminar hood, a PEC (with an ISO Class 5 air quality in its DCA)used to prepare IV drug admixtures, nutrition solutions, and other parenteral products aseptically