What medication order is used when a patient requires a medication immediately; this is an urgent order that take priority over other orders and requests?
STAT Order
100
What does NDC stand for?
National Drug Code
100
The final check is the sole domain of the________.
Pharmacists
100
What does POE stand for?
Physician order entry system
100
What does the P&T Committee look for when they do medication formulary?
Most beneficial to patients and cost-effective
200
What medication order provides each dose in the package ready to administer to a patient, and is not more than a 24-hour supply?
Unit Dose
200
Who evaluates the medications based on their therapeutic usage, safety,cost, and availability?
The P&T committee
200
What allows prescribers and nurses to enter orders directly into a pharmacy computer?
POE System
200
What are three things that must be on a medication order?
patient information, medication information, signature of prescriber, and date and hour the order was written
200
What are the three main types of medication orders?
Standing orders, PRN orders, and STAT orders
300
___ ___ scanning enables pharmacies to implement patient medication safety, decreasing errors, assuring the correct drug is filled for the correct order and associated medication label.
Bar Code
300
What is the most basic duty of pharmacy technician in any health-system setting?
Filling prescriptions or medications orders
300
What does CPOE stand for?
Computerized physician order entry system
300
What is a system in which medications are reviewed, prepared, verified, and then the medications are taken to the floor and dispensed to the patient?
Patient prescription stock system
300
What medication order is used when a patient is to receive a medication only as necessary?
PRN Order
400
What does the P&T stand for?
Pharmacy and Therapy committee
400
What is the term for a patient prescription in a health-system?
Medication order
400
When you scan a drug bar code what kind of drug information in transmitted into the health-system pharmacy computer
Drug name, dose, form, manufacturer, and cost
400
What medication order is used in facilities that participates in the research programs?
Investigational Medication Order
400
When prescribers order medication for patients in a health-system what do they use?
Medication order form
500
What two advantages does the computerized physician order entry has?
decrease in time to complete the order, virtual elimination of errors related to hand writing and transcriptions, and reduction of duplicated orders
500
Name two ways a medication order form can be used.
Ordering medications, lab work, special diets and X-rays
500
What is a system in which medications are kept on each floor for distribution to patients?
Floor Stock
500
What medication order is used when a patient is to received at a specific medication at specific intervals throughout the day; also called a scheduled order?
Standing orders
500
What specific type of STAT order for a medication that is required for a physician to be able to respond to a medical emergency?