Definition
Air Exchanges
New air replacements
An ISO Class 8 room or area immediately before the buffer room in which hand washing, hygiene, and garbing are done and supply and ingredients are gathered between the pharmacy department and the cleanroom or buffer area
Anteroom
Buffer room
An ISO Class 7 or cleaner area where the PECs are physically located; also called the IV or cleanroom
Process of boiling a liquid and capturing the condensed gases or vapor back into a purified liquid form
Distillation
Horizontal Laminar Air Flow Workbench
Also known as a laminar hook a PEC used to prepare IV drug admixtures, nutrition solutions, and other parenteral products aseptically
Epidemic
A regional widespread contagious disease
A more aggressive soap and water hand washing procedure, followed by use of an antiseptic agent before donning sterile attire
Aseptic hand washing
Clean room
an ISO classified room in which the concentration of airborne particles is controlled to meet a specific airborne particulate cleanliness class to prevent particle and microbial contamination of CSPs; also called the IV room or buffer room
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
Drip chamber
Injection Port
A connector on the IV tubing which allows the injection of IV fluid or medication other than that in the current IV bag to be infused into the patient’s vein
Super bugs
bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic therapies
The manipulation of sterile products and devices to avoid contamination by disease causing organisms; includes cleanroom protocols and hand washing and growing procedures
Aseptic technique
Compounded Sterile Preparation
A medication prepared with aseptic technique in a sterile, cleanroom facility
The number of drops that an IV tubing delivers to provide 1 mL; this number may be used by nurses to calculate the IV when using certain types of primary IV tubing; also called drop set or drip set
Drop factor
In-Line Filter
A device used in the IV line to remove contaminants such as glass, fibers, bits of rubber, and bacteria from IV fluids
Asepsis
The absence of pathogenic microorganisms
Slide clamp used to completely stop the IV solution from flowing
Auxiliary Clamp
Critical Site
The part of the syringe and/or needle that is at risk for contamination by touch or airflow interruption
Funneling of a liquid or gas through filters, or mesh screens with minute holes too small for biological and chemical contaminants to pass through
Filtration
ISO
An air quality classification from the international organization for standardization measures the amount of particulate matter in room air; the lower the ISO number, the less particulate matter is present in the air
Autoclave
A device that generates to sterilize objects instruments, and measure vessels
A small, single celled microorganism that can exist in three main forms, depending on type: spherical, rod shaped, and spiral
Bacterium
Disinfectant
A chemical agent such as sterile 70% IPA used on inanimate surfaces and objects to destroy fungi, viruses, and bacteria, but not necessarily their spores
A device used to filter over 99% of particulate matter from the air to establish an aseptic environment in which to prepare CSPs
HEPA
IV administration set
a sterile, disposable device of many components (including the tubing and ports) used to deliver IV fluids to patients