Definitions & other bits

Question 1

What are the 9 standards for pharmacy professionals?

Answer 1

1. provide person-centred care
2. work in partnership with others
3. communicate effectively
4. maintain, develop and use their professional knowledge and skills
5. use professional judgment
6. behave in a professional manner
7. respect and maintain the person’s confidentiality and privacy
8. speak up when they have concerns or when things go wrong
9. demonstrate leadership

Question 2

What is exudate?

Answer 2

Exudate is a mass of cells and fluid that has seeped out of blood vessels or an organ, especially during an inflammation.

The fluid is composed of serum, fibrin and white blood cells.

Question 3

What is debridement?

Answer 3

Debridement is the removal of damaged tissue or foreign objects from a wound to promote wound healing.

Question 4

What is eschar?

Answer 4

Eschar is dead tissue that sheds from healthy skin. It is typically tan, brown or black and crusty.

Question 5

What is ischaemia?

Answer 5

Ischaemia is a restriction in blood supply to cellular tissues that results in limited oxygen that is required for cellular metabolism.

Question 6

What is neurtropenia?

Answer 6

Neutropenia is an abnormally low level of neutrophils.

Question 7

What is off-label use of a drug?

Answer 7

Off-label use is the use of a drug for an unapproved indication, age group, dosage or administration route.

Question 8

What is parenteral administration?

Answer 8

Parenteral administration is any means of administration that is not oral, but is generally considered as by injection.

Question 9

What are the three methods of parenteral administration?

Answer 9

• intramuscular (IM)
• subcutaneous (SC)
• intravenous (IV)

Question 10

Define paralinguistic

Answer 10

Paralinguistic refers to the non-lexicon elements of communication.

Question 11

What does tincture mean?

Answer 11

Tincture is a medicine made by dissolving in alcohol.

Question 12

What does sublingual mean?

Answer 12

Sublingual means under the tongue.

Question 13

What does extemporaneous dispensing mean?

Answer 13

Extemporaneous dispensing is preparing a drug from its ingredients.

Question 14

What is a contraindication?

Answer 14

A contraindication is a condition or factor that serves as a reason to withhold a certain medical treatment due to the harm that it would cause the patient.

Question 15

What is a teratogen?

Answer 15

A teratogen is an agent that disturbs the development of an embryo or foetus. Teratogens halt the pregnancy or cause a malformation.

Question 16

What is hypothrombinemia?

Answer 16

In hypothrombinemia blood is deficient in factor II so impairs blood clotting, increasing spontaneous bleeding.