UNIT 1- Prescription & Medication Order Flashcards
PRESCRIPTION
outpatient setting
MEDICATION ORDER
inpatient setting
Latin of Prescription
prae + scribere
R
Recipe
What type of incorrect prescription?
- Biogesic Paracetamol
- (Paracetamol) Biogesic
- Paracetamol Biogesic
Erroneous Prescription
What type of incorrect prescription?
- Biogesic
- Paracehkjdhf [ Generic cant be read] Biogesic [Brand can be read]
- Biogesic (No substitution)
Violative Prescription
What type of incorrect prescription?
- Parachjsdhfjkw (Generic is only written but cant be read)
- Methotrexate (Biogesic)
- Paracejshfkjdhf (Biogshdjs) [both cant be read]
- any drug product that is not registered
Impossible Prescription
What to do with erroneous prescription?
It shall be filled, but kept and report to DOH.
What to do with violative or impossible prescription?
Do not fill. Keep and report.
use of plastic or metal card prepared on patient’s admission
Use of charge plate
used to dispense drugs to the nursing station and at the same time is also
used as a charge ticket
Envelope system
used by hospitals for stocking free floor stock drugs to nurse station.
Drug basket method
utilizes a specially-constructed stainless steel truck
Mobile dispensing unit
e.g: Brewer system,
Pneumatic tube system
Mechanical dispensing
Hospital Pharmacy
Organizaed structure which pulls together all healthcare professionals into a coordinated system for delivering healthcare.
What are the types of hospital service?
- General Hospital
- Special Hospital
What are the types of length of stay?
- Short term (less than 30 days)
- Long term (30 days long)
What are the types of hospital ownership?
- Government
- Non government
What are the types of functional capacity?
Levels 1,2,3
Who create policies and maintain formulary within hospital?
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Drug distribution system used in small hospitals where pharmacists are not available to
dispense individual doses for patients.
Floor-stock System
Drug distribution system used predominantly in small hospitals where a
pharmacist is not on the premises all the time.
Individual Prescription Order System
Drug distribution system used the individual drug order system as the primary means of
dispensing but also utilize a limited floor stock; most commonly used; incorporates unit-dose
dispensing as well.
Combination of I and II
The two classes of Floor-stock system
- Free-floor stock
- Charge flock stock
Drug distribution system used when the pharmacist prepares every dose of medication ready for
administration.
Unit Dose Dispensing
Major Forms of Unit-Dose Dispensing that is the most common and probably the most cost-efficient.
Orders are interpreted.
All drug doses are picked and placed in the patient
drawers of the medication carts in a central pharmacy
Centralized
Major Forms of Unit-Dose Dispensing that have on or more satellite pharmacies scattered throughout the hospital from which
most of the single unit doses are distributed. ROUTINE PACKAGING of medication is usually carried out
Decentralized
Major Forms of Unit-Dose Dispensing which are performed in the patient-care areas while the rest
are performed centrally.
Systems Combining 1 and 2
Major Forms of Unit-Dose Dispensing that are only partially complete due to special circumstances of
certain hospitals.
Partial
