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What is the definition of 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
A list of approved medications for use within the hospital; this list is approved by the P&T Committee?
Drug formulary
a patient's medications brought from home to continue use while in hospital
Home Medications
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?
The Joint Commission
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
Pick station
Definition of 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?
automated medication dispensing system (AMDS)
computerized health information record to share patient information among authorized healthcare providers to better coordinate health care?
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
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
Institutional Re view Board (IRB)
a hard copy or digital legal document that contains the clinical information that a hospital collects in-house and consists of patient identifying demo graph ices, hospital room number, physician notes, problem list, medication orders and list, nursing assessments, and discharge?
Medical chart
an online or written, step-by-step ser of instructions for pharmacists and technicians alike on all operations within the pharmacy department
policy and procedures manual
Definition of a daily printout of all patient profiles?
Cart fill list
an online record char documents the administration time of each drug to each patient by a nurse using barcode technology
eMAR
documentation by the nurse upon admission to the hospital
Intake record
A prescription written in the hospital setting
Medication order
a system of procedures, activities, feedback, and oversight that ensures that operational and quality standards are consistently met
Quality Assurance (QA):
Also known as the Pharmacist in Charge (PIC) the chief executive officer of the hospital pharmacy department?
Director of Pharmacy
medications stocked in a secured area at each nursing patient care station or floor
Floor stock
A centralized pharmacy service that prepares IV, TPN, and hazardous preparations in a sterile, cleanroom work environment
IV admixture
a prescription written in the hospital setting?
Nonformulary drug
a medication order that is to be filled and sent to the patient care unit immediately?
STAT order
An order written by a physician that provides take-home instructions, including prescribed medications and doses, for a discharged patient?
Discharge order
a specialty pharmacy set up particularly to serve home healthcare dispensing
Home infusion pharmacy
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
Investigational drug
The minimum restock and maximum reorder levels for each drug on each nursing unit?
Par levels
a senior pharmacy technician checks another pharmacy technician's work to add another layer of verification of the medication order prior to drug administration
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