definitions
Air Exchanges
- New air replacements
Anteroom
- an ISO class 8 room or area immediately before the butter room in which hand washing, hygiene, and garbing are done and supplies and ingredients are gathered and supplies between the pharmacy department and the cleanroom or buffer area
Asepsis
- the absence of pathogenic microorganisms
Aseptic hand washing
- a more aggressive soap and water hand washing procedure, followed by use of an antiseptic agent before donning sterile attire
Aseptic technique
- the manipulation of sterile products and device to avoid contamination by disease-causing agents organisms; includes cleanroom protocols and hand-washing and gowning procedures
Autoclave
- a device that generates heat and pressure to sterilize objects instruments, and measure vessels
Auxiliary Clamp
- slide clamp used to completely stop the IV solution from flowing
Bactrim
- a small, single-celled microorganism that can exist in three main forms, depending on type; spherical (i.e, cocci), rod-shaped (i.e. bacilli), and spiral (i.e spirochetes)
Buffer room
- an iso class 7 or cleaner area where the PEC s are physically located; also called the IV or cleanroom
Clean room
- 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
Compounded Sterile Preparation
- a horizontal airflow unit with an enclosed DCA and glove box for sterile compounding
Critical Site
- the part of the syringe and/or needle that is at risk for contamination by touch or airflow interruption
Disinfectant
- a chemical agent such as sterile 70% IPA used on inanimate surfaces surfaces and objects to destroy fungi, viruses, and bacteria, but not necessarily their spores
Distillation
- Process of boiling a liquid and capturing the condensed gases or vapor back into a purified liquid form
Drip chamber
- 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
Drop factor
- The number of drops that an IV tubing delivers to provide 1 ml; this number may be used by nurse to calculate the IV flow rate when using certain type of primary IV tubing, also called drop set or drip set
Epidemic
- A regional widespread contagious disease
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
HEPA
- A device used to filter over 99% of particulate matter from the air to establish an aseptic environment in which to prepare CSPs
Primary Tubing
- IV tubing that is attached to the primary IV bag of solution
Sepsis
- When an infection is so threatening to the body that the immune system begins 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
SVP
- IV solutions of generally 25 to 250 ml, typically administered as an IV piggyback, infusing into the lvp
Sterilization
- the process of using chemicals, heat, cold pressure, or other forces to kill microorganisms on exposed surfaces
Super bugs
- bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic therapies
Zone of turbulence
- Wherever the unidirectional filtered air meets resistance or blockage, particularly between the DCA and compounding technician; also the area at the edge of the compounding the counter where the horizontal airflow meets the buffer room air