Key term
An identification number assigned by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to identify someone authorized to handle or prescribe controlled substances within the United States
unit of use
What is a fixed number of dose units in a stock drug container, usually consisting of a month’s supply of tablets or capsules, such as 30 tablets or capsules?
a prescription that is transferred in from another pharmacy
What is transfer in?
RX
What is prescription; stands for Latin verb recipere, meaning “to take”?
left ear
Part of a prescription that identifies the name of the drug, the dose, and the quantities of the ingredients
What is an inscription?
What is the part of the prescription that indicates the directions for the patient to follow when taking the medication
a prescription that is transferred out to another pharmacy
What is transfer out?
Prescription
What is a direction for medication to be dispensed to a patient, written by a physician or a qualified licensed practitioner and filled by a pharmacist; referred to as an order when the medication is requested in a hospital setting?
buccal
what is bucc?
A situation in which the pharmacy cannot completely fill the prescribed quantity written on the prescription, so a starter amount of the medication has been offered to the patient until the remainder arrives
What is partial fill?
DUR
What is a procedure built into pharmacy software that alerts pharmacists to check for potential medication errors in dosage, drug interactions, allergies, etc.?
A computer-generated digital prescription processed online
What is e-prescription?
nonsterile compounding
What is the preparation of a medication from several pharmaceutical ingredients in an appropriate quantity and dosage form in response to a prescription written by a physician; sometimes referred to as extemporaneous compounding?
drop
what is gtt?
An unexpected negative consequence from taking a particular drug
What is ADR?
extemporaneous compounding
What is 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?
the amount of drug that has been prepackaged or repackaged for a single administration a particular patient at a particular time
What is unit dose?
DAW (dispense as written)
What is DAW1 indications on a prescription that a brand name drug is necessary or that a generic substitution is not allowed; DAW2 is often used to indication patient preference for a brand name drug?
sublingual
what is SL?
the process of adding distilled water to a powder formulation like an antibiotic; requires a “shake well” and expiration date on the label
What is reconstitute?
prescription on profile
What is a prescription to be filled at a future date?
The abbreviation for a common Latin phrase, pro re nata, or “in circumstances,” directing patients to “take as needed” rather than a routinely scheduled dosage
What is PRN?
partial fill
What is a situation in which the pharmacy cannot completely fill the prescribed quantity written on the prescription, so a starter amount of the medication has been offered to the patient until the remainder arrives?
take as directed
what is TAD?