DOH DEFINITION OF TERMS

Active Ingredient

It is that portion of a drug that has therapeutic properties.

Antineoplastic

It means acting to prevent, inhibit or half development of a neoplasm (tumor).

Antineoplastic

It is an agent with antineoplastic properties.

Oxalipatin (eloxatin)

It is an antineoplastic used in the treatment of metastatic of colon cancer.

Area Under the Curve (AUC)

It refers to the amount or extent of drug absorption.

Bin card I

It is a stock record form in which information on receipts, prices, issuances and balances of stocks is recorded.

Bin card I

It is maintained with each product in the storage area as a duplicate record.

Bioavailability

It refers to the rate and extent of availability of an active ingredient from a dosage form as measured by the concentration /time curve in the systemic circulation or its excretion in the urine.

Bioequivalence

It refers to two related drugs that show comparable bioavailability and similar times to achieve peak blood concentration.

Biological products

These are viruses, sera, toxins, and analogous products used for the prevention or cure of human diseases.

Clinical toxicology

It focuses on the effects of substances in patients caused by accidental poisoning or intentional overdoses of medications, drugs of abuse, household products or various other chemicals.

Cold Chain Monitors

These are cards used to monitor the temperature of vaccines during distribution.

Dangerous drugs

It refers to drugs included in the list of Schedules annexed to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the 1972 protocol, and in the Schedules annexed to the 1971 Single Convention on Psychotropic Substances as enumerated in the annexes which are an integral part of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Schedules;

Dangerous drugs refers to drugs included in the list of __________ annexed to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the 1972 protocol, and in the Schedules annexed to the 1971 Single Convention on Psychotropic Substances as enumerated in the annexes which are an integral part of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Device

It is an instrument, apparatus, or contrivances including their components, parts, and accessories intended for the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animals, or two (2) to affect the structure or any function of the body in man or animals.

Dispensing

It is the act by a validly registered pharmacist of filling a prescription or doctor's order on the patient's chart

Drug-Drug Interaction

It refers to the pharmacologic or clinical response to the administration of a drug combination different from that anticipated from the known effects of the two (2) agents when given alone.

Drug Outlets

These are drugstores, hospital pharmacy and other business establishment, which sells drugs or medicines.

Drug Product or Medicine

It is a finished form that contains the active ingredient(s) generally, but not necessarily in association with inactive ingredients.

Drugs

These are articles recognized in the current official United States Pharmacopoeia-National Drug Formulary (USP NF), official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, Official Philippine National Drug Formulary, or any supplement to any of them.

Drugs

These are articles intended for use to diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or animals;

Drugs

These are articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or function of the body of man or animals;

Drugs

These are articles intended for use as a component of any articles specified in clauses (1), (2), or (3) but do not include devices or their components, parts or accessories.

First Expiry First Out (FEFO)

It is a method of inventory management in which products with the earliest expiry date are the first products issued, regardless of the order in which they are received.

First Expiry First Out (FEFO)

This method is more demanding than FIFO.

First In First Out (FIFO)

It is a method of inventory management in which the first products received is the first products issued.

Generic Dispensing

It is dispensing the patient's/buyer's choice from among generic equivalents, i.e. finished pharmaceutical products having the same active ingredient(s), same dosage form and same strength as the prescribed drug.

Generic Prescribing

It means prescribing of drugs and medicines using their generic name(s) or generic terminology.

Generic Substitution

It means the act of dispensing a different branded or unbranded drug product for the drug product prescribed (i.e. a pharmaceutical equivalent distributed by a different company).

Inventory

It refers to the total stock kept on hand at any storage point to protect against uncertainty, permit bulk purchasing, minimize waiting time, increase transportation efficiency, and buffer against seasonal fluctuations.

Inventory Control

It is a method of supply management that aims to provide sufficient stocks of drugs at the lowest costs possible.

Menu Card

It is a list of drug products in generic names with brand names, ( if any), and corresponding selling prices, which is posted outside the dispensing area of the hospital pharmacy.

Menu Card

It should be readily accessible to the patient/consumer.

Medication Error

It refers to any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient's harm, while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer.

Non-prescription or over the counter drug

These are drugs that may be dispensed even without an order of a validly registered physician, dentist, or veterinarian in duly licensed drug outlets.

Non-prescription or over the counter drug

It is the duty of the pharmacist to provide the necessary information and direction for use of the drug product.

Overdose

It is an intentional toxic exposure either in the form of a suicide attempt or as an inadvertent exposure secondary to intentional drug abuse.

Pallet

It is a transportable flat storage base with or without sides, designed to hold goods and to permit handling by mechanical aids such as pallet trucks and forklifts.

Peak Plasma Drug Concentration (Cmax)

It is the plasma drug concentration at Tmax that relates to the intensity of the pharmacological response.

Piggyback Infusions

These are solutions or dilutions given through a secondary line.

Piggyback Infusions

This is used to administer doses of IV medications such as potassium or antibiotics.

Piggyback Infusions

The primary line would be the infusion directly connected to a solution administration set going to the venous access.

Piggyback Infusions

The __________ is going through another set which tubing will be connected to the injection port of the main line when _______________ unit is hung on an IV pole of at least 6 inches higher than the primary container.

Pharmaceutical care

It means the responsible provision of pharmaco-therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve or maintains a patient's quality of life.

Pharmaceutical care

It is a collaborative process that aims to prevent or identify and solve medicinal products and health related problems.

Pharmaceutical care

This is a continuous quality improvement process for the use of medicinal products.

Pharmaceutical equivalence

It refers to medicinal products that contain the same active ingredient(s) in the same dosage forms that meets the same or comparable standards.

Pharmaceutical equivalence

It does not necessarily imply bioequivalence as differences in the excipients and/or the manufacturing process can lead to faster or slower dissolution and/or absorption.

Pharmacodynamics

The response following administration of a drug is directly related to the concentration of the drug at the site of its action, which is a function of the dose administered.

Pharmacoeconomics

It  refers to the scientific discipline that compares the value of one pharmaceutical drug or drug therapy to another.

Pharmacoeconomics

It is also defined as "the description and analysis of the costs of drug therapy to health

Pharmacy

It is the branch of pharmacology that deals with the preparation, dispensing, and proper use of drugs.

Pharmacotherapeutics

It refers to the study of the uses of drugs in the treatment of disease.

Poison

It is any drug, active principle or preparation of the same capable of destroying life or seriously endangering health when applied externally to the body or introduced internally in moderate doses.

Poisoning

It refers to accidental toxic exposure (e.g. the case of an elderly patient who misreads a drug label) or unintentional (e.g. the case of an inquisitive toddler or a child who gives drugs to another child when 'playing doctor") or unawareness of the toxic pressure (e.g. he or she is the victim of an intended homicide)

Prescription

It means a written or electronic order and instruction of a validly registered physician, dentist or veterinarian for the use of a specific drug product for a specific patient or animal.

Prescription

For the purpose of these Rules and Regulations, the doctor's order on the patient's chart for the use of specific drug(s) shall be considered a ___________.

Prescription or Ethical Drugs

These are drugs that can only be dispensed upon a written order of a validly registered physician, dentist or veterinarian.

Pharmacokinetics

It is defined as the quantitative items dependent changes of both the plasma drug concentration and the total amount of drug in the body, following the drug's administration by various routes.