Key terms
contains product information on drug labels: drug name, dose, strength, manufacturer, expiration date, and barcode
what is Unit Dose Product Label
a mobile storage unit that contains individual patient drawers of medication for all patients on a given nursing unit
what is Unit Dose Cart
an amount of a drug that has been prepackaged or repackaged to a particular patient for a single administration at a particular time
what is unit dose
an Iv infusion therapy treatment that supplies a patient with all the nutrition needed by the body
what is total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
a senior pharmacy technician checks another pharmacy technician's work to add another layer of verification of the medication order prior to drug administration
what is Tech Check Tech
a medication order that is to be filled and sent to the patient care unit immediately
what is STAT order
a system of proce-dures, activities, feedback, and oversight that ensures that operational and quality standards are consistently met
what is Quality Assurance (QA)
an online or written, step-by-step set of instructions for pharmacists and technicians alike on all operations within the pharmacy department
what is policy and procedures manual
an area of the inpatient pharmacy that houses frequently prescribed formulary drugs in commercially available unit dose packaging, thus allowing efficient medication cart filling by more than one technician
what is Pick station
a committee of the hospital that reviews, approves, and revises the hospital's formulary of drugs and maintains the drug use policies of the hospital
what is Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee
the minimum restock and maximum reorder levels for each drug on each nursing unit
what is Par levels
a drug not included on the hospital's drug formulary
what is nonformulary drug
a prescription written in the hospital setting
what is Medication order
a hard copy or digital legal document that contains the clinical information that a hospital collects in-house and consists of patient identifying demographics, hospital room number, physician notes, problem list, medication orders and list, nursing assessments, and discharge
what is medical chart
an independent governing body that sets standards for quality patient care and safety in hospitals and other healthcare facilities; this organization is responsible for the accreditation of hospitals
what is The Joint Commission
a drug used in clinical trials that has not yet been approved by the FDA for use in the general population, or a drug used for non-approved indications
what is investigational drug
a centralized pharmacy service that prepares IV, TPN, and hazardous preparations in a sterile, cleanroom work environment
what is IV admixture
documentation by the nurse upon admission to the hospital
what is intake record
a committee of the hospital that ensures that appropriate protection is provided to patients using investigational drugs; sometimes referred to as the Human Use Committee
what is Institutional Review Board (IRB)
a patient's medications brought from home to continue use while in hospital
what is Home medications
a specialty pharmacy set up particularly to serve home healthcare dispensing
what is home infusion pharmacy
medications stocked in a secured area at each nursing patient care station or floor
what is Floor stock
an online record chart documents the administration time of each drug to each patient by a nurse using barcode technology
what is eMAR
computerized health information record to share patient information among authorized healthcare providers to better coordinate health care
what is Electronic Health Record (EHR)
a secure, locked storage cabinet of designated drugs on a nursing unit whose software can track the dispensing and administration of each dose of medication to each patient
what is automated medication dispensing system (AMDS)