Ch: 3 Flashcards
What is the U.S. Pharmacopeia?
an organization that works towards creating safety and quality standards to help ensure the production of safe medications (requires pharmacists to create a compound record and a master formulation record or any compound drugs)
Non-sterile compounding:
the creation of medications that are administered in ways that do not have a high risk of infection (usually orally or topically)
What are some procedures that must be followed in non-sterile compounding?
equipment must be sanitized, packing material cannot be reused, work area must be cleaned with an alcohol-based solution, and workers must use PPE.
Sterile compounding:
the creation of meds that are administered in a way that has a high risk of infection (such as IV, injections, or eye)
Disposing of drugs: What goes in the blue bins?
non-hazardous material & non-controlled drugs
Disposing of drugs: What goes in the black bins?
hazardous P-listed and U-listed drugs that should be placed in a zip-lock bag (warfarin, nicotine, epinephrine)
Disposing of drugs: What goes in the yellow bins?
items with trace amounts of chemotherapy drugs (empty IV bags, needles, contaminated PPE)
Disposing of drugs: What goes in the red bins?
Sharps material that were not used for chemo, U-list, or P-list drugs (needles, glass vials)
Disposing of drugs: What goes in the water drain?
other non-hazardous non-drug materials (IV fluids containing electrolytes or dextrose sugar)
A master formulation record:
contains general info about a compounded drug
A compound record:
contains more specific compounding info compared to the master formula
What are P-listed drugs:
hazardous waste products that are acutely toxic (meaning they can cause death or irreversible illness at low doses)
What are U-listed drugs?
toxic unused chemicals, pesticides
