Definition
New air replacements
Air Exchanges
Autoclave
a device that generates heat and pressure to sterilize objects instruments, and measures vessels
Epidemic
a regional widespread contagious disease
Protozoan
a single-celled organism that inhabits water and soil
Super bugs
bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic therapies
Anteroom
an ISO Class 8 room or area immediately before che buffer room in which hand washing, hygiene, and garbing are done and supplies and ingredients are gathered between the pharmacy department and the cleanroom or buffer area.
Auxiliary Clamp
slide clamp used to completely stop the IV solution from flowing
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
Secondary Tubing
IV tubing for another medication that is attached to the primary cubing at a Y-site injection port
Zone of turbulence
wherever the unidirectional filtered air meets resistance or blockage, particularly between che DCA and compounding technician; also the area at the edges of the compounding counter where che horizontal airflow meets the buffer room air
Asepsis
the absence of pathogenic microorganisms
Buffer room
an ISO Class 7 or cleaner area where the PEC s are physically located; also called the IV or cleanroom
Horizontal Laminar Air Flow Workbench
also known as a laminar hood, a PEC (with an ISO Class 5 air quality in its DCA)used to prepare IV drug admixtures, nutrition solutions, and other parenteral products aseptically
Sepsis
when an infection is so threatening 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
Bactrium
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)
Aseptic hand washing
a more aggressive soap and water hand washing procedure, followed by use of an antiseptic agent before donning sterile attire
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-particulare cleanliness class to prevent particle and microbial contamination of CSPs; also called the IV room or buffer room
IVPB
a small-volume paren-teral (SVP) infusion (50 mL, 100 mL, 250 mL.) containing medications attached to a primary LVP IV solution
SVP
IV solutions of generally 25 to 250 mL, typically administered as an IV piggyback (infusing into the LVP)
HEPA
a device used to filter over 99% of par-ciculate matter from the air co establish an aseptic environment in which to prepare CSPs
Aseptic technique
the manipulation of sterile products and devices to avoid contamination by disease-causing organisms; includes cleanroom protocols and hand-washing and gowning procedures
Compounded Sterile Preparation
a medication prepared with aseptic technique in a sterile, cleanroom facility
Positive Pressure
air is being blown into a room and cherefore it has higher pressure than the adjacent spaces so the net airflow is out of the area
Sterilization
the process of using chemicals, hear, cold, pressure, or other forces to kill microorganisms on exposed surfaces
Macrodrip IV Tubing
IV tubing sets that have a sufficient diameter to deliver 10, 15, 20 per milliliter (10 guts/ml, 15 gus/mL, 20 gts/mL), used for adult patient