Quiz
What is the difference between horizontal and vertical glove boxes?
Horizontal- Air flow moves from the back of the hood to the front then out into the room and is captured in a vent on the floor of the hood
Vertical- Air flow moves from the roof of the hood downwards
How do you properly clean a flow head
Wipe from left to right. Starting at the top. Then the back. Next the bar. Then the corners/sides. Finally the bottom.
MDV
Multi dose vial
PFS
Prefilled Syringe
An environment for the preparation of compounded sterile preparations in which air originating from the back of the hood moves forward across the hood and into the room
horizontal laminar flow hood
What does CSP stand for
Compounded sterile preperation
What does coring mean?
Cutting out a piece of rubber from the vial’s rubber stopper.
D5W
Dextrose 5% in water
SDV
Single dose vial
An environment for the preparation of chemotherapeutic and other hazardous agents in which air originating from the roof of the hood moves downward (over the agent) and is captured in a vent on the floor of the hood
vertical laminar flow hood
Where do we prepare compounded sterile products
Hospitals, Long-term care facilities, home health care facilities
What are the facts about sharps containers?
Must be emptied into red bag when 2/3 of the way full.
Located outside of the flow hood
NS
Normal saline 0.9% sodium chloride
TPN
Total Parenteral nutrition
Any surface or area exposed to first air, which is exposed or at risk for touch, or direct air (ie, vial tops, open ampules, needle hubs, or injection ports)
Critical site
What percentage of alcohol is used to clean a flow hood?
70%
What do you do if a needle accidentally touches something in a flow hood?
Discard it
LR
Lactated ringer’s solution
Amp
Ampule
To separate from solution or suspension; a solid that emerges from a liquid solution
Precipitate
Where is an anteroom located?
Adjacent to the buffer room aka the clean room
How often should IV hoods be inspected?
Every 6 months
1/2 NS
One-half normal saline 0.45% sodium chloride
IPA
Isopropyl alcohol
Agent used to dilute medications; can be sterile water, normal saline (NS), or others
diluent