ABBREVIATIONS
BRAND NAME
POTPOURRI
GENERIC NAME
Medication safety
100

ac

What is before meals

100

Dilantin

phenytoin

100

Medication ending in lol

What are beta-blockers

100

escitalopram

What is Lexapro

100

Person, medication, dose, time, route, documentation

What are the 6 patients right of medication administration

200

QID

What is 4 times daily

200

Pepcid

famotidine

200

0.5mg

What is a half a milligram

200

atorvastatin

Lipitor

200

1000mg

What is a gram

300

CHF

What is Congested Heart Failure

300

Paxil

paroxetine

300

OTIC

What is pertaining to the ear
300

simvastatin

Zocor

300

How many check before administer medication

What is 3

400

ASA

What is aspirin

400

Lasix

furosemide

400

angina

What is chest Pain

400

alprazolam

What is Xanax

400

<

What is less than

500

gtts

what is drops

500

Lopressor

metoprolol

500

sublingual

What is under the tongue

500

omeprazole

What is Prilosec

500
First step in preventing infection

What is wash your hands

600

EC

What is enteric coated

600

Zofan

ondansetron

600

HTN

What is hypertension

600

ciprofloxacin

Cipro

600

Polypharmacy

What is taking many different medications usually more then 5 or more

700

mg

What is milligram

700

Aricept

donepezil

700
qid

What is four times daily

700

lorazepam

What is Ativan

700

Side effects

What is and unwanted reaction to a medication

800

SOB

What is short of breath

800

Namenda

memantine

800

Hypo

What is low

800

phenazopyrridine

What is Pyridium

800

1 fluid oz

What is 30mls

900

PRN

What is as needed

900

Synthroid

levothyroxine

900

NO

The right to refuse/decline

900

valproic acid

Depakote

900

1000 milliters

What is 1 liter

1000

STAT

What is give now

1000

Zeprexa

olanzapine

1000

transdermal

What is through the skin

1000

apixaban

Eliquis

1000

When can a Med-tech refuse an assignment

What is when it is out of his/her scope of practice

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