Final Flashcards
Centralized Pharmacy
Hospital pharmacy that occupies one large area of the hospital for all pharmacy needs
Decentralized Pharmacy
Minipharmacies in several location, usually for specialty units
Medication Fill list
Account for 24 hours of doses from exchange one day to the same time the next day
Interim doses
doses required before or after cart exchange
Traditional Drug distribution
Frequently used meds are available as floor stock
Anticipatory compounding
Compounding mixtures in advance of expected needs
Quality Control
Process of checks and balances during manufacturing of product
Quality assurance
Monitoring actual versus desired results to ensure a level of quality that meets predetermined criteria
Prescribing errors
Drug
Dosage form
Dose
Route
Length
Number of doses
Omission errors
Failure to administer a dose
Unauthorized administration of a drug error
Admin without order
Wrong patient
Wrong admin time error
Admin at improper time
Improper dose errors
Dose admin greater or less than prescribed
Wrong dosage form error
Drug dispensed/admin different than prescribed
Wrong drug preparation errors
Incorrect dilutions
Incorrect base
Wrong admin techniques
Incorrect technique
Sc inj given too deep
Deteriorated drug errors
Drugs used beyond expiry
fridge drugs stored at room temp
Monitoring errors
Inadequate drug therapy review
Compliance error
Patients not adhering to regimen
Medication near miss
Error in the medication process detected and corrected before patient admin
Medication Incident
Administration of omission of error
Medical informatics
Application of Technology
Administrative applications
Office management
Scheduling
Accounting
Clinical Applications
Direct patient care
Special Purpose applications
Computers in education and some areas of pharmacy
Electronic Medical record
Computerized clinical documentation of a patients medical care over time in single institutions
Electronic Health records
Documentation of all episodes of medical care received over time by patients within geographic area
Personal Health record
Web based platform accessible to and controlled by patients about their own medical care and insurance coverage
Patient data repository
Contains patient information
user interfaces
Access point for info available in patient data repository
Clinical decision support tools
provide guidelines to health care providers as they interface the data repository
Computer based documentation systems
document clinical decisions and patient interactions
Computer provider order entry (CPOE)
electronically place clinical orders
Clinical Documentation Content
MARs
Nursing assessments
Physician notes
Problems list
Test and Imaging content
Diagnostic test and results
Lab reports
Radiographic images and reports
CPOE content
Lab test
Medications
Decision Support Content
Clinical guidelines
Clinical reminders
Drug-allergy
Interactions
Drug dose support
