Definition
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
drug formulary
a list of approved medications for use within the hospital, this list is approved by the P&T Committee
Policy and Procedure (P&.I)
Manual an online or written, step-by-step set of instructions for pharmacists and technicians alike on all operations within the pharmacy department
Floor stock
medications stocked in a secured area at each nursing patient care station
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's notes, problem list, medication orders and list, nursing assessments, and discharge
automated medication dispensing system (AMDS)
a secure, locked storage cabinet of designated drugs on a nursing unit whose software can track the dispensing and administration of cach dose of medication to each patient
Stat order
a medication order that is to be filled and sent to the patient care unit immediately
quality assurance (QA)
a system of procedures, activities, feedback, and oversight that ensures that operational and quality standards are consistently met
home infusion
pharmacies a specialty pharmacy set up particularly to serve home healthcare dispensing
par level
the mim. Restock and max. Reorder levels for each drug on each nursing unit
cart fill
a daily printout of all patient profiles
tech checks tech (TCT)
a senior pharmacy technician checks another pharmacy technician's work to add another layer of verification of the medication order prior to drug administration parental nutrition (TPN) an IV
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
home medications (home meds)
a parent's medication brought from home to continue use while in hospital
Nonformulary drug
a drug not included on the hospital’s drug formulator
director of pharmacy
also known as the Pharmacist in Charge (MC) the chief executive officer of the hospital pharmacy department
unit dose
an amount of a drug that has been prepackaged or repackaged to a particular patient for a single administration at a particular time
intake record
documentation by the nurse upon admission to the hospital
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 used for non-approved indications
Medication order
a prescription written in hospital setting
discharge order
an order written by a physician that provides take-home instructions, including prescribed medications and doses. for a discharged patient
unit dose cart
a mobile storage unsc that contains individual patient drawers of medication for all patients on a given nursing unit unit dose product label contains product information on drug labels drug name, dose, strength, manufacturer, expiration date, and barcode
electronic medication administration record (eMAR)
an online record that documents the administration time of each drug to each patient by a nurse using barcode technology
IV admixture
a centralized pharmacy service that prepares IV TPN, and hazardous preparations in a sterile, clean room work environment
a medication order written by a physician on admission of a patient to the hospital; may or may not include a medication order
admitting order