Key Words - Week 1

Question 1

Drop of infusion

Answer 1

How much medicine you’re supposed to put in, for how long(daily, monthly etc.) and how often. Ex. QID or TID

Question 2

Reconstitute

Answer 2

Restoring a substance back to the original state by adding water.

Question 3

Hyperalimentation

Answer 3

When a patient needs to be fed because they cannot digest food. Ex. A patient may be in a coma they obviously cannot feed themselves.

Question 4

Generic name

Answer 4

Official nonproprietary name approved for a drug by the u.s food and drug administration. EX. Tylenol instead of acetaminophen.

Question 5

Dosage strength

Answer 5

Weight of medication in a dose.

Question 6

Inscription

Answer 6

Part of prescription indicating medication name, dosage form, strength, and quantity. Ex. Tylenol(acetaminophen) 2000mg BID 60

Question 7

Medication order

Answer 7

A written request for medicine from the physician. Ex. Think of the papers in Peru.

Question 8

National drug code (NDC)

Answer 8

A label on the drug product that identifies the manufacturer, product, and size of container. Ex. Look at vitamins downstairs.

Question 9

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 9

Movement of drugs through the body; absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.

Question 10

Prescriptions

Answer 10

A written order by a health care professional for dispensing medicine. (Slightly different from a medication order)

Question 11

Signa(sig)

Answer 11

Part of prescription that describes the directions for the patient. Ex QID for x amount of days/ weeks etc.

Question 12

Subscription

Answer 12

The part of the prescription for the PHARMACIST on how to compound. (Might need to make solutions for certain patients because every patient has different needs.)

Question 13

Superscription

Answer 13

Part of a prescription designated with a certain symbol ( an R with a line) meaning “take this drug.”

Question 14

Anteroom

Answer 14

Grooming area

Question 15

Buffer ISO 7

Answer 15

Clean room

Question 16

Diluent

Answer 16

Agent used to dilute medications. Ex. Sterile water, normal saline (NS) etc.

Question 17

Additives

Answer 17

Drugs commonly added to an intravenous solution (a solution or drug that’s going into the veins)

Question 18

Macronutrients

Answer 18

A source for carbohydrates, protein, and fat

Question 19

Micronutrients

Answer 19

Additives in a total parenteral nutrition( TPN) such as vitamins, electrolytes and trace elements

Question 20

Hypermetabolic states

Answer 20

A Condition at which an abnormal amount of metabolism occurs. (Typically due to things like trauma, fever, and severe burns) this is to help speed up the healing process!!

Question 21

Hypoglycemia

Answer 21

Abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
( this typically happens because the body is reacting to a high concentration in the solution(IV medication too much dextrose etc.)

Question 22

Liposyn

Answer 22

A milky white solution

Question 23

C-SEC

Answer 23

Room with fixed walls wi the airflow and pressure requirements where the C-PEC is placed

Question 24

C-PEC

Answer 24

Controlled primary engineering control such as the class 2 BSC

Question 25

Hot-cell

Answer 25

A device made of lead that is used to shield or contain radioactive materials

Question 26

Hot lab

Answer 26

A nonclassified radio pharmaceutical processing area without a primary engineering control (PEC)

Question 27

Radio Assay

Answer 27

Measurement with a special device for amount of radioactivity present in a container

Question 28

Segregated Radiopharmaceutical processing area (SRPA)

Answer 28

The designated area that contains the PEC where radiopharmaceutical compounding takes place

Question 29

Expectorants

Answer 29

Chemicals that loosen and thin sputum and bronchial secretions (phlegm)