Equipment
Compounding Principles
Units and Milliequivalents
Compounding Definitions
Compounding Miscellaneous
100
Used to transfer ingredients to weighing pans and used to mix ointments and creams
What are Spatulas
100
The most common form of compounded medications
What is Liquids
100
A standardized amount (measurement) of a particular drug needed to produce a desired effect (ie: insulin)
What is a unit.
100
The weight of an empty capsule used to compare with a full capsule.
What is Tare
100
Definition of DCA
What is Direct Compounding Area
200
Used to weigh powders and other solid and semisolid medications and placed on a weighing pan
What is Weighing boats
200
Weighed on a prescription balance and require grinding in a mortar
What are Solids
200
Insulin, Heparin, Vitamins, Hormones, Anticoagulants and Antibiotics (Penicillin)
What are drugs measured in Units
200
Resemble pliers and may be designed for manual use or for use with robotic machinery.
What is crimpers
200
PPE stands for
What is Personnel Protective Equipment
300
Used to grind (triturate) crystals and large particles into powders
What is a Mortar and Pestle
300
Cloudy and is often shaken to resuspend drug particles that have settled
What are Suspensions
300
What is U100 and U500
What are Dosage Strengths for Insulin
300
An instrument used to weigh small amounts of drugs.
What is Class A Balance
300
The two types of compounding
What is sterile and non-sterile
400
Used to combine creams and ointments with a spatula
What is an Ointment Slab
400
Mixed on an ointment slab with a spatula
What are Ointments and Creams
400
Measured in 1 unit increments
What is Insulin Syringe
400
The preparation of intravenous admixtures, parenteral nutrition solutions, and pediatric dosage forms from adult dosage forms.
What is Sterile Compounding
400
Difference between sterile and non-sterile compounding
What is: Sterile: Clean Room environment, PPE, Cool to cold temperatures, ventilation via the use of HEPA filter. Preparations: IV admixtures, eye drops, vials Non-Sterile: PPE, Sterile workstation Preparations: Ung, creams, suspensions, solutions, lotions, gels, tablets, capsules.
500
Used to measure large volumes of liquids
What are Graduated Cylinders
500
Poured into a mold and chilled until congealed
What are Suppositories
500
Units per mililiter....(100 units/ 1ml)
What is the Standard concentration of Insulin
500
The preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging and labeling of a drug product based on a prescription order from licensed practitioner for the individual patient.
What is Compounding
500
Compounding Techniques
What is levigation, trituration, spatulation, aseptic technique and geometric dilutionWhat is the abdomen (Stomach)
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