Hospital Pharmacy and Dispensing Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards related to Hospital Pharmacy and Dispensing

Hospital

An institution that is built, staffed, and equipped for the diagnosis of disease; for the treatment, both medical and surgical, of the sick, and the injured; and for their housing during this process; a center for investigation and for teaching

Primary Mission of Hospital Pharmacy

To manage the use of medications in hospitals and other medical centers, including selection, prescription, procuration, delivery, administration, and review of medications to optimize patient outcomes

Hospital Pharmacy

A specialized field of pharmacy which forms an integrated part of patient health care in a health facility

Hospital Pharmacists

Responsible for monitoring the supply of all medicines used in the hospital and in charge of purchasing, manufacturing, dispensing, and quality testing their medication stock

Medication Management in Hospitals

Encompasses the entire way in which medicines are selected, procured, delivered, prescribed, administered, and reviewed to optimize the contribution that medicines make to producing informed and desired outcomes

Dispensing Service

In-patient, out-patient, and general public services related to dispensing

Clinical Service

Formulation and implementation of guidelines on rational drug use, as well as the detection, monitoring and reporting of medication errors and adverse drug reactions

Compounding Service

Activities for special dosage forms and formulations not commercially available

Administrative Service

Focuses on the regulatory requirements of the Pharmacy

Dispensing

Pharmacist or a pharmacy technician under his supervision interprets the doctor’s prescription for the drug treatment of his patient

Hospital Formulary

Provides many benefits in providing improved patient care at decreased cost through improved selection and rational medicine use; also improves efficiency within the procurement and inventory management programs

Formulary System

A method by which physicians and pharmacists, working through a Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee of the medical staff, evaluate, and select medications for use in a hospital

Controlled Drugs

A drug or other substance that is tightly controlled by the government because it may be abused or cause addiction

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

A set of written instructions that document a routine or repetitive activity followed by an institution

Locked Receptacle

Where CDs are kept which can only be opened by a person who can lawfully be in possession of CDs

Prescription Drugs

Often strong medications, which is why they require a prescription from a doctor or dentist

Quality Assurance

The 'total sum' of the organized arrangements made with the object of ensuring that medicinal products are of the quality required for their intended use

Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance

May be defined as the sum of all activities and responsibilities required to ensure that the medicine that reaches the patient is safe, effective, and acceptable to the patient

Pharmaceutical Quality Control

Is the part of the firm’s process concerned with the medicine sampling, specifications, testing, and the organization’s release procedures that ensure that the necessary tests are carried out and that the materials are not released for use, nor products released for sale or supply, until their quality has been judged satisfactory

Quality Audit

Systematic and independent examination to determine whether quality activities and related results comply with planned arrangements and whether these arrangements are implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve objectives

Compounding

Is an integral part of pharmacy practice and is essential to the provision of health care and includes preparation of drug dosage forms, drugs or devices in anticipation of prescription drug orders, drugs or devices for research, teaching, or chemical analysis, and drugs and devices for prescriber’s office use where permitted by law

Repacking / Repackaging

A process in which liquid or solid-dose formulations are packed from bulk into smaller, ready-to-use containers

Blister Packs

Type of packaging produced by heating a sheet of plastic and moulding it into shape to form a bubble or pocket the ‘blister’ that completely covers the product

Sterile Compounding

Involves the dilution, mixing, and injection of various medication products using aseptic technique

Non-Sterile Compounding

Involves creating a medication in a clean environment but does not require the environment to be completely free from all microorganisms

Terminal Sterilization

Process that involves filling and sealing product containers under high-quality environmental conditions

Aseptic Manufacturing and Sterile Fill-Finish

Process in which the drug product, container, and closure are first subjected to sterilization methods separately

IV Additives

Many medicines for parenteral administration are provided as concentrates or lyophilised powders.

Total Parenteral Nutrition

A method of feeding that bypasses the gastrointestinal tract. Fluids are given into a vein to provide most of the nutrients the body needs.

Cytotoxic

The risk of occupational exposure to these mutagenic and potentially carcinogenic drugs has restricted the preparation of all cytotoxic doses to specialist facilities in the hospital pharmacy.

Radiopharmaceuticals

Unique medicinal formulations containing radioisotopes which are used in major clinical areas for diagnosis and/or therapy.