PHM 123 Final

What is the most important factor in the preparation of ophthalmics?

What are the 3 ophthalmic auxiliary labels?

What 2 fluids are used for irrigations?

What are the auxiliary labels for irrigations?

What drugs are used to irrigate the bladder?

What could happen if someone was given an irrigation through their IV?

What is hypotonic and could cause cells to expand causing tissue damage?

What technique procedures are used to prevent contamination?

What does HEPA stand for?

What are the 2 parts of a needle?

What is known as the size of the needles’ lumen?

What % capacity should syringes be used to?

What type of syringes are preferred for delivery?

Why are standardized abbreviations used?

What are the 2 main types of ophthalmic preparations?

What was used to dilate women’s pupils for cosmetic reasons?

When did the concept of sterility become a standard for the preparation of eye solutions?

What are known as bony pockets in the skull?

What washes away foreign debris in the eye?

What is known as the “White” of the eye?

What is the inner most layer of the eye?

What is responsible for the sensitivity to color?

What perceives light in the eye?

What is responsible for focusing the incoming light onto the retina?

What is responsible for eye color?

What is the central opening of the iris that allows light to pass through?

What disorder of the eye can be cause by a bacteria called “pink eye”

What is a gonococcal infection of the eyes of newborns resulting from passage through the birth canal?

What is the cause of increased intra-ocular pressure?

What can Glaucoma lead to?

Where should all ophthalmic solutions be prepared?

What is the preferred container for ophthalmic solutions?

What is the main disadvantage of eye solutions?

_____ must be free from all foreign matter and does not mean the solution must be colorless?

What should the pH level of an ophthalmic solution be?

What is referred to as the osmotic pressure that is exerted by salts in aqueous solution.

What range can the eye tolerate with solutions?

What increases the contact time between the eye and the medication?

Solutions that are to be used should be _____ and properly preserved to be suitable for use in the eye?

Boric acid solution has a pH of ___?

What is the preferred method of sterilization?

What gas is used when doing gas sterilization?

Why is gas sterilization used?

What is the most frequently found bacteria?

What is a pathogenic fungus?

What contamination is the most difficult to control?

What should be done once a syringe has been prepared?