Key Terms
Key Terms
Key Terms
Key Terms
Abbreviations
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Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)

any substance in a compounded preparation that confers pharmacological activity

100

Blending

  1. the act of combining two substances by using nongrinding techniques such as spatulation, sifting, and tumbling

100

Compounded Preparation

  1. a patient-specific medication prepared on-site from individual ingredients, often by a technician under the direct supervision of the pharmacist

100

emollient

  1. an ointment base commercially available from a wholesaler or pharmacy compounding vendor

100

disp

dispense

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Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)

any substance in a compounded preparation that confers pharmacological activity

200

Calibrate

  1. to gauge a measuring instrument with a standard scale of reading

200

Compounded Sterile Preparation (CSP)

  1. a medication prepared with aseptic technique in a sterile, cleanroom facility

200

Excipients

inactive ingredients

200

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both eyes

300

Agglormerations

  1.  clusters, lumps, clumps, or globs of ingredients in a liquid, semiliquid, or powdered vehicle, which are undesired in compounding

300

Class III Prescription Balance

  1. a two-pan balance used to weigh material (between 120 mg and 120 g) with a sensitivity rating of +/– 6 mg; also known as a Class A prescription balance

300

Compounding 

  1. the process of preparing a medication for an individual patient from bulk ingredients according to a prescription from a licensed prescriber

300

Extemporaneous Compounding

  1.  compounding products that are done for a specific patient’s immediate need but not commercially available; another name for nonsterile compounding in a community pharmacy

300

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left eye

400

Autoclave

  1. a device that generates heat and pressure to sterilize objects, instruments, and measuring vessels and devices

400

Comminution

  1. the act of reducing a substance to small, fine particles using particle-reducing techniques like trituration, levigation, and pulverization

400

Compounding Record

  1. a printout for a specific patient, including the amounts or weights of all ingredients with national drug code calculations and instructions for compounding; used by the technician to document a compounded medication for a patient

400

Forceps

  1. a stainless steel pincher instrument like a large tweezer used to pick up small objects, such as pharmacy weights

400

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right eye

500

Beyond Use Date (BUD)

  1.  the date after which a drug should not be used once it has been removed from the intact container

500

Component

  1.  an ingredient in a compounded product

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Diluent

  1. an inactive ingredient that is added to the active drug in compounding a tablet, capsule, solution, or topical formulation

500

Geometric Dilution Method

  1. a process that uses a mortar and pestle to gradually combine active ingredients (drugs) with inactive ingredients (diluent) to produce a homogeneous product

500

oint

ointment

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