Definition
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API)
What is any substance in a compounded preparation that confers pharmacological activity
to gauge a measuring instrument with a standard scale of reading
What is Calibrate
Compounded Sterile Preparation
What is a medication prepared with aseptic technique in a sterile, cleanroom facility
inactive ingredients
What is Excipients
AC
What is before meals
Agglomerations
What is clusters, lumps, clumps, or globs of ingredients in a liquid, semiliquid, or powdered vehicle, which are undesired in compounding
a two pan balance used to weigh material with a sensitivity rating of +/- 6 mg; also known as a Class A prescription balance
What is Class III Prescription Balance
Compounding
What is the process of preparing a medication for an individual patient from bulk ingredients according to a prescription from a licensed prescriber
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
What is Extemporaneous Compounding
IM
What is intramuscular
Autoclave
What is a device that generates heat and pressure to sterilize objects, instruments, and measuring vessels and devices
the act of reducing a substance to small, fine particles using particle reducing techniques like trituation, levigation, and pulverization
What is Comminution
Compounding Record
What is a printout for a specific patient, including the amounts of weights of all ingredients with national drug code calculations and instruction for compounding; used by the technician to document a compounded medication for a patie
a stainless steel pincher instrument like a large tweezer used to pick small objects, such as pharmacy weights
What is Forceps
TOP
What is topical
Beyond Use Date (BUD)
What is the date after which a drug should not be used once it has been removed from the intact container
an ingredient in a compounded product
What is Component
Diluent
What is an inactive ingredient that is added to the active drug in compounding a tablet, capsule, solution, or topical formulation
a process that uses a mortar and pestle to gradually combine several active ingredients with inactive ingredients to produc a more homogenous product
What is Geometric Dilution Method
MG
What is milliliter
Blending
What is the act of combining two substances by using nongrinding techniques such as spatulation, sifting, and tumbling
a patient specific medication prepared on site from individual ingredients, often by a technician under the direct supervision of the pharmacist
What is Compounded Preparation
Emollient
What is an ointment base commercially available from a wholesaler or pharmacy compounding vendor
a flask used for accurately measuring liquids
What is Graduated Cylinder
RX
What is prescription