Part 3.4: Employee Safety/Reference Materials

Define this:

A government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment

OSHA

Define this:

A sets the standards for all prescription and over the counter medications

USP(United states Pharmacopeia)

Define this:

Accredits and certifies healthcare organizations such as hospitals

TJC (The Joint Commission)

Define this:

Provides safety guidelines for medical offices and facilities

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Define this:

Is OSHA required information for handling hazardous chemicals

SDS (safety data sheet) or MSDS (material safety data sheet)

What info is included on an SDS?

properties of each chemical; the physical, health, and environmental health hazards; protective measures; and safety precautions for handling, storing, and transporting the chemical.

Define this:

A document that accompanies stock sent from a wholesaler, that is attached to or placed inside of stock bottles of medications

package insert

What information can be found on a package insert (PI)?

1. indications

2. contraindications

3. warnings

4. side effects

5. dosage

6. how to handle and store the medication

Define this:

Identifies drugs approved in the basis of safety and effectiveness by the FDA, and includes a list of approved generic and brand equivalences.

orange book

What is the official name of the orange book?

FDA's Approved Drug Products Publication

Define this:

Provides info on interchangeable biological based drugs

purple book

Define this:

is a reference that focuses on veterinary medicine

green book

What is the official name of the green book?

FDA's Approved Animal Drug Products

Which reference is used to identify unknown drugs by color, shape, and coding for alerting pharmacists and phm techs to boxed warnings?

Prescriber's Digital Reference (PDR)

What was the Prescriber's Digital Reference (PDR) formerly known as?

Physician's Desk Reference

Which reference is a drug information app that provides prescribing and safety info for thousands of meds?

Epocrates

Define this:

A drug information resource available in print and online, or on apps, that contains dosing guidelines, cautions/considerations, pregnancy/lactation ratings, and pharmacokinetics

Lexicomp

Define this:

An online/app based product that provides info on more than 1400 drugs, includes a drug interaction tool an IV compatibility checker. It contains dosing guidelines, side effects, cautions/considerations, pregnancy/lactation,

Micromedex (similar to Lexicomp, but has the interaction tool and compatability checker)

Define this:

An online resource that includes general drug info and has a Pill identification tool which allows users to input info about the pill (color, shape, or imprint) to identify the pill

RxList

Define this:

Lists drug products, brand and generic name, phonetic pronunciation class, schedule, indications, monographs of drug products, etc info abt drugs

American Drug Index

Which reference is used by hospitals, and is used for drug info questions, groups monographs by therapeutic use, published by ASHP and is considered unbiased and very comprehensive

American Hospital Formulary Service

Which reference is divided into therapeutic groups by classification and provides important clinical and practical info

Drug Facts and Comparisons (DFC)

Which reference is the most highly used source by pharmacy techs?

Drug Facts and Comparisons

which reference is a guide to products and prices, is a catalog of commercially available Rx and OTC drugs w/ pricing, tm names, NDC #s

Drug Topics Red Book

What is the Red Book primarily used for?

pricing

_______________ is a collection of monographs on commercially available parenteral drugs that include concentration, stability, dosing, and compatibility info

Handbook on Injectable Drugs

_____________ is a reference that contains info on compatibility, stability, pH, storage, and preparation of parenteral drugs

Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations

________________ is the best source of info on drugs in clinical use internationally (throughout the world) includes drugs in clinical use, veterinary/investigational drugs, compounds, herbals, and toxic substances

Martindale: the complete drug reference

What is Martindale also known as?

The Extra Pharmacopeia

____________ is an encyclopedic source of chemical substances, contains monographs by trade, code, chemical, investigational, and abbreviated drug names

Merck Index

___________ presents 8 parts covering orientation, pharmaceutics, chemistry, testing, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics, used widely by RPhs

Remington: the science and practice of pharmacy

__________ provides comprehensive and clinically relevant info on drugs in current use. it is a 3 volume set. one is on advice to the patient, the others are drug info for the healthcare provider w/ legal requirments

USP-DI

____________- official compendium of drug info, the official standard for the production of drugs whose generic names are followed by "USP". primarily used by drug manufacturers.

USP-NF

What info is included in the USP-NF

info about drug substances and dosage forms, pharmaceutical ingredients, and drug standards