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| The mishandling of medication that can lead to contamination\impurity, falsification of contents, or loss of drug quality or potency. Adulteration may cause INJURY or ILLNESS to Consumer |
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| A statutory plan passed by Congress or any legislature that is a "bill" until it's enacted and becomes a law |
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| change in original act/law |
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| drug gotten from barbituric acid, a barbituric acts as a central nervous depressant. Barbiturates r often used to treat SEIZURES or as sedative and hypnotic agents |
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| State Board regulating practise of pharmacy within the state |
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| Strongest warning FDA gives. Indicates BIG risk of potentially dangerous side affects |
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| Drug/Substance scheduled I through V & regulated by Drug Enforcement Administration |
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| Purposeful misuse of drug, taking a drug for fun, channeling drugs to illegal street market |
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| Drug Enforcement Admin (DEA) |
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| Fed Agency in U.S. Department of Justice. Enforces U.S. laws and regs about controlled substances. |
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| Drug Utillization Eval (DUE) |
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| process used to ensure prescribed drugs are used appropriately. Poin of DUE is: increase in med efficacy and safety |
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| Refrence book in pharmacy with detailed info on meds |
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Agency in US dep of Health&Human Services resp for safety, efficacy, and security of ppl/pet drugs, biological products,
med devices,
the national food supply, cosmetics,
radioactive products |
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| Health Ins Portability and ACCOUNTABILITY Act 1996 1996 1996 1996 (HIPPA |
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| Fed act protects patients rights, estabs national standards for electronic health care communication, & ensuring the security and privacy of health data |
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| requires a perscription for dispensing |
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| Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS |
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| Doc provides chemical product info. MSDS includes prod name, comp (chemicals in prod), hazards, toxicology, other info about steps to take if it spills, accidental exposure, handling, storage of prod. Filing MSDS within the pharmacy or workplace is usually a req to meet Occupat Safety & Health Admin (OSHA) standards. |
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- Fed&State
- covers health care costs and perscription drugs for poor kids&adults, old, disabled
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- Fed&State
- insurance prog covering health care costs and perscription drugs for ppl 65< & ppl long-term disabled, ppl with end-stage renal disease
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| MISBRANDING MISBRANDING MISBRANDING MISBRANDING MISBRANDING |
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- Labeling is false/misleads
- info MUST include directions for use
- safe/unsafe dosages
- manufacturer/packer/distrib
- quanity
- weight
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- Comprehensive info on med's actions in that class of drugs
- + generic/trade names
- ingredients
- dose
- side affects
- Administration
- foods/drugs to avoid (ex. OTC meds, herbals) while taking meds
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A nonspecific term for a drug (ie opium)
Moderate doses: dulls senses, relieves pain, induces ace sleep. Excessive doses: stupor, coma, convulsions, addictive.
Narcotic ex: ium/iates/iods cocaine/coca leaves |
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10-digit # shows specifics of perscription drug/insulin prod.
NDC specifies
- drug manufacturer
- drug prod (drug strength, dosage form, & formulation
- package size
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| NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE |
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Legal concept
an action taken without the FORETHOUGHT that should have been taken by a reasonable person of similar competency |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Admin (OSHA |
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- US gov agency
- oversees safety in workplace
- CREATED MSDS reqs
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| Omnibus Buget Reconcilliation Act of 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 (OBRA '90) |
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Congress act that changed reimbursement limits/mandated drug use evaluation
pharmacy patient consultation
educational outreach progs |
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| Over-the-counter (OTC) meds |
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| meds purchased without perscrip; nonlegend meds |
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| Physicians' desk Reference (PDR |
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1 of many reference books of meds
reference compiles/publishes select manufacturer-provided package INSERTS & Prescribing Info USEFUL for Health Professionals. (weeeee!) |
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FDA system
describes 5 levels of assesment of FETAL effects caused by a drug
A REQ section of current perscription drug labeling ?!?
started in 1979
sys currently under eval for usefulness & inclusion in prescription label
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| Protected Health Info (PHI |
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| means a patient's personal health data. Under HIPPA the info is protected from distrib w/o permission |
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| Indep nonprof org that accredits hospitals and other health care orgs in US Accreditation is req to accept Medicare and Medicaid payment. |
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harm/injure a person inentionally or bc of NEGLIGENCE.
estabs documentation on prod quality standards
drug quality and information, and health care info on meds, over-the-counter++ |
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| United States Pharmacopeia (USP |
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indep nonprof org that establishes documentation on product quality standards, drug quality and info, and health care info on meds, over-the-counter prods, dietary supplements, food ingredients
to ensure appropriate purity, quality, and strength are met |
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| United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary (USP-NF |
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| Publication of USP that contains standards for meds, dosage forms, drug substances, excipients, med devices, and dietary supplements |
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| Greek scientist, philosopher |
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| English scientist responsible for scientific methods |
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| haha hard, ahem anyways, discovered sulfonamide, first synthetic antibiotic |
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| Discovered penicillin, first antibiotic |
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| Greek physician and philosopher, considered to be the father of medicine |
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| Scientist and monk known as the father of genetics |
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| Swiss physician, philosopher, & scientist |
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| French scientist, discovered several vaccinces and invented pasteurization |
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| Latin term for pharmacist; also, a place where drugs are sold |
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| draining blood, believed to release illness |
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| Code of beliefs based on ideology, religion, or authoritative tradition rather than factual evidence |
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| An oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and practice of medicine |
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| A pharmacy in a hospital or institutional setting |
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| A mixture of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illnesses through the 1800s |
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| anticoagulant: prevents blood from solidifying |
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| eat dead tissue and help live tissue grow, plus kill bacteria |
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| any agent that binds to opioid receptors |
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| an analgesic that is made from poppy plant |
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| pharmacies serving patients in their communities, not in inpatient facilities |
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| person who counsels patients on med use and any interactions that it may have with food or other drugs |
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| Drug or remedy (Greek word for pharmakon); place where drugs are sold |
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| person who assists the pharmacist at the front counter of the pharmacy; person who accepts payment for meds |
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| person who assists a pharmacist by filling perscriptions and performing other nondiscretionary tasks |
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| Pharm tech cerification board (PTCB |
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| Issues a national exam for pharmacy technicians |
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| person suffering symptoms from illness experiences relief through faith in a treatment that provides no tangible medicinal or treatment value |
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| Person hold high place of honor in tribe, healer, spiritual mediatorhi |
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| Symbol of medical profession; it is a wingless staff with one snake wrapped around it |
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| A practice of making an opening in the head to allow disease to leave the body |
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| American Association of Pharmacy Tech (AAPT |
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| 1st pharm tech association; founded 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 1979 |
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| Oldest pharmacy ass founded in 1852 1852 1852 1852 1852 18521852 1852 1852 1852 1852 18521852 1852 1852 1852 1852 1852 |
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| American Society of Health-System Pharms (ASHP |
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| Pharm ass founded 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 1942 |
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State-run agency
licenses pharm and certification examination
tech can use the abbreviation CPhT after her or his name |
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| pharm where meds are called in from institutions such as long-term care facilities & r then delivered; closed door pharms aren't open to public |
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| ability to express oneself in such a way that one is readily and clearly understood |
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| ability/proficiency to perform a function |
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| practise of keeping privileged customer info from being disclosed without customer's consent |
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| Ed beyond basic tech ed, usually req for liscense or certif renewal |
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| values and morals that are used within a profession |
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| Parenteral (intravenious) nutrition for patients who are unable to eat solids or liquids |
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| a pharm in a hospital or institutional setting |
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| Institute for the Cert of Pharm Tech (ICPT |
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| National board for cert of pharmacy techs |
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| Pharmacy tech who's licensed by state board; licensing ensures that an ppl has at least the minimum degree of competency req by the profession, unlike a registered pharm tech |
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| Ethics; honorable beliefs |
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| National Ass of Boards of Pharm (NABP |
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| National org for membs of state boards of pharmacy |
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| National pharm tech ass (NPTA |
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| Pharm ass primarily for techs; founded 1999 1999 1999 1999 |
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| Pharms that serve patients in the communities; pharms that aren't in inpatient facilities |
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| Most commonly used to describe meds admin by injection, ie IV or intramuscularly |
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| Pharm tech cert board (PTCB |
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| National board for the cert of pharm techs |
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| Conforming to the right to principles of conduct (work ethics) as accepted by others in the profession |
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| a pharm tech who is reg through the state board of pharm; reg process helps maintain list of those working in pharm and usually reqs a background check through the legal sys; reg process does not guarantee degree of reg knowledge or skills |
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a math method:
mixing solutions/mixtures of solids possessing different percentage weights |
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| sys of measurement once used in practise of pharm to measure both volume and weight; has been replaced by the metric sys |
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| sys of measurement prev used in pharm for determination of weight in ounces and pounds; has been replaced by the metric sys |
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| An inert prod liq/solid added to a preparation and reduces the strength of the original product |
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| sys of measurement commonly used in the US; measures volumes using household utensils |
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| A 24-hr method of time-keeping where hours aren't am or pm but counted continouously through whole day. Sys of measurement are the gram (g) for weight, the liter (L) for vol, meter (m) for length |
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| inert prod, liq/solid added to preparation and reduces the strength of the original product |
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| The amount of liquid enclosed within a container |
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| 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 |
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| 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 |
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| 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 |
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| 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 |
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| 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 |
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| 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 |
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| 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 2100 |
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| 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 2200 |
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| 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 2300 |
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| 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 2400 |
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| taking in nutrients/drugs from food/liquids |
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| nonperscription drugs kept behind pharm counter and may have limited amounts sold/req perm of pharm to purchase |
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| degree a drug/sub becomes avail to the target tissue after admin |
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| relationship between 2 drugs that have same dose and dose form and have similar bioavailability. Generic versions of med much show bioequivalnce to the innovator prod as a req of drug approval |
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| location of a med throughout blood, organs, & tissues after administration |
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| final elimination of a drug/sub from body via normal body process, such as elimination (urine), biliary excretion (bile to stool), sweat, respirations, or saliva |
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1. # of time it takes a chemical to be decreased by 1/2
2. time req for 1/2 amount of sub (ie drug in a time req for concentration of a sub in a body fluid (blood plasma)) to decrease by half |
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| To place into, instillation of instructions are commonly used for ophthalmic/otic drugs, as examples |
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| Processes by which the body breaks down/converts medications to active or inactive subs. Primary site of drug metab in humans is LIVER, but select drugs are metab through OTHER PROCESSES. |
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| med admin by injection/topically that bypasses the gastrointestinal sys |
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| STUDY OF ABSORBTION, METABOLISM, DISTRIBUTION, & EXCRETION OF DRUGS |
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| Electronic insurance billing for med payment |
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| Average wholesale price (AWP |
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| Av price a drug is sold; data r compiled from info provided from manufacturers, distrubs, pharms. The AWP is often used in calcs related to med refund |
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| med use is tightly restricted to NOT listed as preapproved drugs per the health plan provider or pharm benefits manager r not reimbursed except under extenuating circumstances and with proper documentation |
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| portion of perscrip bill patient pays |
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| REFERENCE book listing NDC #s, manufacturers, & av wholesale price of drug prod. *Note parms often include this type of prod & pricing info on their online database sys, which r provided by companies ie. 1st DataBank & GoldStandard |
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| Drug util eval (DUE) or review (DUR |
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| process where pharms ensure proper med util |
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| List of preapproved meds covered under perscrip plan/institution |
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| Health Insurance Portabil & Accountability Act (HIPPA |
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| Fed guidelines for protection of a patient's personal health info |
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| Material Safety data sheets (MSDS |
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| Info sheets supplied to pharm from manufacturer of chem prods, data sheet for each prod lists hazards of a prod and PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW IF EXPOSED to that prod |
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| Medicare Modernization Act (MMA |
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| The enactment of perscrip drug cov provided for ppl covered under MEDICARE; sets limits on payments |
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| 10-digit # given to all drugs for identification purposes. In health and drug databases, the NDC is rep as an 11-digit #, where placeholder 0s are inserted in the prop order within the code for the purp of standardizing data transmissions |
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| National Provider Identifier (NPI |
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| # assigned to any health care provider used for standardizing health data transmissions |
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| List essentially unrestricted in the types of drug choices offered or that can be prescribed and reimbursed under the health provider plan or pharmacy benefit plan |
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| Periodic automatic replacement of stock levels to a certain # of allowed units |
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| Doc listing necessary patient personal & health info including comprehensive info on the meds they are taking |
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| Pharm & therapeutics committee (P&T committee) |
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| Med staff comp of physicians and pharms who provide necessary info and advice to the institution or insurer on if a drug'l be added to a formulary |
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| Point of sale/service; where the sale/service takes place |
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| American Society of Health-Sys Pharms (ASHP |
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| Ass of pharms, pharm students, & tech practicing in hospitals and health care sys, including home health care; ASHP has a long history of advo patient safety and estab best practices to IMPROVE MED USE |
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| Automated dispensing sys (ADS |
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| Electronic sys used to dispense meds |
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| Institute for Safe Med Prac (ISMP |
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| Nonprof org meant entirely to promote Safe Med USE and Prev med ERRORS. Gathers info on drug errors and suggests new safer standards to avoid such errors |
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| Estab under National Academies & a part of the National Academy of Science, NONPROF org provides scientifically informed analysis and GUIDANCE regard health & health policiy. Projects include studies of drug safety sys within the US and recomendations for patient safety |
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| Methods used by pharm, med, nursing, and other allied health professionals to prev med ERRORS |
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| Program established by the FDA for reporting drug and med voluntary adverse event reporting system for medications, medical prods, and devices |
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| Pharm Tech Educators Council (PTEC |
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| U.S. org promoting teachers' strategies and instructions for pharmacy technician education |
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| Indep org that strives to ensure quality, safety, and benefit of meds and dietary supps by setting standards & certs processes |
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