HOSPI

Active ingredient

portion of a drug that has therapeutic properties.

Antineoplastic

means acting to prevent, inhibit or half development of a neoplasm (tumor) It is an agent with properties.

Oxaliplatin (eloxatin)

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

Area Under the Curve

refers to the amount or extent of drug absorption

Bin Card 1

a stock record form in which information on receipts, prices, issuances and balances of stocks is recorded It is maintained with each product in the storage area as a duplicate record.

Bioavailability

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

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

Biological products

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

Clinical toxicology

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

cards used to monitor the temperature of vaccines during distribution.

DangerouS Drugs

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.

Device

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

the act by a validly registered pharmacist of filling a prescription

or doctor's order or the patient's

chart

Drug-Drug Interaction

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

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

Drug product or medicine

a finished form that contains the active ingredient(s)generally,

but not necessarily in

association with inactive

ingredients.

Drugs

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

articles

intended for use to diagnosis,

cure, mitigation, treatment or

prevention of disease in man or

animals

Drugs

articles (other

than food) intended to affect the

structure or function of the body

of man or animals

Drugs

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

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. This method

is more demanding than FIFO

First in first out

a method of inventory

management in which the first

products received is the first

products issued.

Generic dispensing

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

means prescribing of drugs and

medicines using their generic

name(s) or generic

terminology.

Generic substitution

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

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

a method of supply

management that aims to

provide sufficient stocks of

drugs at the lowest costs possible.

Menu card

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. It should be readily

accessible to the

patient/consumer.

Medication error

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

Overdose

an intentional toxic exposure

either in the form of a suicide

attempt or as an inadvertent

exposure secondary to

intentional abuse.

Pallet

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.

Poisoning

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

Poison

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.

Peak plasma drug concentration (cmax)

the plasma drug concentration at

Tmax that relates to the intensity of

the pharmacological response.

Piggyback infusion

are solutions or dilutions given

through a secondary line. This is

used to administer doses of IV

medications such as potassium or

antibiotics. The primary line would

be the infusion directly

connected to a solution

administration set going to the

venous access. The piggyback is

going through another set

which tubing will be connected to

the injection port of the main line

when piggyback unit is hung on

an IV pole of at least 6 inches

Pharmaceutical care

means the responsible

provision of pharmaco-therapy

for the purpose of achieving

definite outcomes that improve or

maintains a patient's quality of life.

It is a collaborative

process that aims to prevent or

identify and solve medicinal

products and health related

problems. This is a continuous

quality improvement process

for the use of medicinal products.

Pharmaceutical equivalence

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 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.

Pharmacotherapeutics

refers to the study of the uses of

drugs in the treatment of disease.

Pharmacy

the branch of pharmacology that

deals with the preparation,

dispensing, and proper use of

drugs.

Pharmacokinetics

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.

Pharmacoeconomics

refers to the scientific discipline

that compares the value of one

pharmaceutical drug or drug

therapy to another. It is also

defined as "the description and

analysis of the costs of drug

therapy to healthcare systems

and society."

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.

Prescription

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.

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.

Prescription or ethical drugs

drugs that can only be

dispensed upon a written order of

a validly registered physician,

dentist or veterinarian.

Quality assurance

an investigational function

involves the auditing of quality

control procedure and systems

with suggestions for changes as

needed

STAT orders

are defined as emergency

medications (needed only in life

threatening situations) and written

by the prescribing physician. The

physician calls a STAT order to the

attention of the nurse so it can be

taken off the chart immediately.

Pharmacy can fill these orders in

five (5) minutes or less if the order

is called down and ready for pick

up.

S-3 license

a license issued by PDEA to the

pharmacists who sell, procure,

acquire, deal in or with specified

(a) dangerous drugs

preparations or

(b) drug preparations, in

parenteral or tablet or capsule

form, containing Table I controlled

chemicals as the only active

medicinal ingredient or

containing Table I controlled

chemical and therapeutically

insignificant quantities of another

active medicinal ingredient. It

covers activities granted to SI

license holders.

Stock card

a stock record form that provides

basic information for inventory

management by recording all

transactions for an item including

receipts, issues, orders received

and stock losses.

Therapeutic equivalence

means two similar drugs have

comparable efficacy and safety.

Therapeutic index

the ratio of the dose that

produces toxicity to the dose that

produces critically desired or

effective response in a population

of individuals.

Time to peak plasma drug concentration

relates to the rate constants for

systemic drug absorption and

elimination

Toxicology

the study of poisons, their actions,

their detection, and the

Wholesalers

means and includes every person

who acts as merchant, broker, or

agent, who sells or distributes for

resale pharmaceuticals, propriety

medicines or pharmaceutical

specialties.