Ch. 11 KEY TERMS- Hospital Pharmacy Dispensing - 2024/2025

Admitting Order

a medication order written by a physician on admission of a patient to the hospital; may or may not include a medication order

automated medication dispensing system (AMDS)

a secure, locked storage cabinet of designated drugs on a nursing unit whose software can track the dispensing and administration of each dose of medication to each patient

Cart fill list

a printout of all unit dose profiles for all patients

Director of Pharmacy

the chief executive officer of the pharmacy department

discharge order

A doctors' order that states that the patient may leave the hospital. A doctors' order is necessary for a patient to be discharged from the hospital

drug formulary

a list of provider-preferred generic and brand-name drugs covered under various insurance plans

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

a computerized lifelong health care record for an individual that incorporates data from providers who treat the individual

eMAR

electronic medication administration record

floor stock

medications stocked in a secured area on each patient care unit

home infusion pharmacy

A specialty pharmacy set up particularly to serve home healthcare dispensing.

Home Medications

a patient's medication brought from home to continue use while in hospital

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

a committee of the hospital that ensures that appropriate protection is provided to patients using investigational drugs.

intake record

Documentation by the nurse upon admission to the hospital

IV admixture

compounded sterile preparation prepared by adding medication to an IV bag

investigational drug

A drug that has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing but is in clinical trials; also, an FDA-approved drug seeking a new indication for use

The Joint Commisison

a nonprofit that was created to ensure that patients receive the safest, highest quality care in any health care setting.

medical chart

legal record of all medical care a patient, resident, or client receives

Medication order

A prescription written for administration in a hospital or institutional setting

Nonformulary drug

A drug not included on the hospitals drug formulary

par levels

A minimum quantity to be maintained in inventory.

Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee

a committee of the hospital that reviews, approves, and revises the hospital's formulary of drugs and maintains the drug use policies of the hospital

Pick station

an area of the inpatient pharmacy that houses frequently prescribed formulary drugs in commercially available unit dose packaging, thus allowing efficient medication cart filling

policy and procedures manual

an online or written, step by step set of instructions for pharmacist and technicians alike on all operations within the pharmacy department

Quality Assurance (QA)

An assessment of quality based on standards external to the process and involves reviewing of the activities and quality control processes to ensure final products meet predetermined standards of quality.

STAT order

single order carried out immediately

Tech Check Tech

a senior pharmacy technician checks another pharmacy technician's work to add another layer of verification of medication order prior to drug administration.

total parenteral nutrition (TPN)

an IV infusion therapy treatment that supplies a patient with all the nutrition needed by the body

unit dose

a package containing the amount of a drug required for one dose

Unit Dose Cart

A mobile cart with a drawer for each patient

Unit Dose Product Label

Contains product information on drug labels: drug name, dose, strength, manufacturer, expiration date, and barcode.