Term
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Definition
| Medication administered from a patch that is applied to unbroken skin |
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Term
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Definition
| Taken into the body, or administered, in a manner other than through the digestive tract |
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Term
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Definition
| The most common use of parenteral administration is by injection through this |
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Term
Subcutaneous injection
(SC) |
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Definition
| Made into the fatty layer just below the skin |
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Term
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Definition
| Made into the middle layers of the skin |
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Term
Intramuscular injection
(IM) |
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Definition
| Made directly into muscle tissue |
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Term
Intravenous injection
(IV) |
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Definition
| Made directly into a vein |
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Term
Periphherallly inserted central catheter
(PICC line) |
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Definition
| Used for a patient who will need IV therapy for more than 7 days |
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Term
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Definition
| Single, concentrated dose of drug usually injected into a blood vessel over a short period of time |
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