Ch. 12 Vocab

Question 1

The room adjacent to the “clean room” used for donning all personal protective equipment (PPE) and wiping down all supplies that will be used in the compounding area

Answer 1

Anteroom

Question 2

The procedures used to eliminate the possibility of a drug becoming contaminated with microbes or particles

Answer 2

Aseptic Technique

Question 3

Any surface or area exposed to first air, which is exposed or at risk for touchc, or direct air (ie, vial tops, open ampules, needle hubs, or injection ports)

Answer 3

Critical Site

Question 4

Any drug that has been proven to have dangerous effects during animal or human testing, it may cause cancer or may harm certain organs or pregnant women

Answer 4

Hazardous Drug

Question 5

An environment for the preparation of compounded sterile preparations in which air originating from the back of the hood moves forward across the hood and into the room

Answer 5

Horizontal Laminar Flow Hood

Question 6

Parenteral nutrition for individuals who are unable to eat solids or liquids

Answer 6

Hyperalimentation

Question 7

An environment for the preparation of sterile products

Answer 7

Laminar Airflow Hood

Question 8

Intravenous nutrition administered thorugh veins on the periphery of the body rather than through a central vein or artery

Answer 8

Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition (PPN)

Question 9

To separate from solution or suspension: a solid that emerges from a liquid solution

Answer 9

Percipitate

Question 10

A substance that has had a diluent (eg saline or sterile water) added to a powder

Answer 10

Reconstituted

Question 11

A set of standards that reduces the possibility of contamination and the risk of transmission of infectious disease; these standards are used throughout a health care facility, including to prepare medications

Answer 11

Standard Precautions (Universal Precautions)

Question 12

A preparation that contains no living microorganisms

Answer 12

Sterile Preparation

Question 13

Large volume intravenous nutrition administered through a central vein( eg subclavian vein) which allows for a higher concentration of solutions

Answer 13

Total Parenteral Nutrition

Question 14

Pharmaceutical Compounding-Sterile Preparations”, of the USP National Formulary. It contains a set of enforceable sterile compounding standards; describes the guidelines, procedures, and compliance requirements for compounding sterile preparations are compounded

Answer 14

USP <797>

Question 15

A new general chapter created to identify the requirements for receipt, storage, mixing, preparing, compounding, dispensing, and administration of hazardous drugs to protect the patient, health care personnel, and environment

Answer 15

USP <800>

Question 16

An environment for the preparation of chemotherapetic and other hazardous agents in which air originating from the roof of the hood moves downward ( over the agent) and is captured in a vent on the floor of the hood

Answer 16

Vertical Laminar Flow Hood