Hospital Pharmacy

a pharmacy located in a hospital which services only those patients in the hospital and its ancillary areas

a branch of the in-patient pharmacy responsible for preparing, dispensing and monitoring medication for specific patient areas

The main in-patient pharmacy in a hospital that has pharmacy satellites. (Most meds are prepared and stored)

Preparation of large quantities of unit dose oral solutions/suspensions or small volume parenterals for future use

area designed for the preparation of sterile products

A pharmacy attached to a hospital which services patients who have left the hospital or who are visiting doctors in a hospital outpatient clinic

a record of medications that are compounded in the pharmacy for non-specific patients. Information must include a list of all ingredients, amounts used, manufacturer, lot numbers and expiration dates of each specific ingredient.

addition of water or other diluent to commerically made drug bottles or vials in order to make a soution or suspension from a pre-made powder form of the drug. ( also includes parenteral)

Medications which must be prepared following a specific recipe or formula usually becuase they are not available commericially

Alist of drugs stocked at the hospital which have been selected based on therapeutic factors as well as cost

a type of formulary that requires physicians to order only those medications on the formulary

drugs not on the formulary list which a physicians can order;

a package containing the amount of a drug required for one dose

a system which shuttles objects through a tube compressed air as the force

a computerized patient medical record

a standard medication order for patients to recieve medication at scheduled intervals

an order for medication to be administered only on an as needed basis

an order medication to be administered immediately

a form that tracks the medications administered to a patient

a device used to remove particulate matter. (placed at end of IV)

a process in which the pharmacy technician goes to specific nursing units to find out what IV drips will be needed later that day

the voluntary or involuntary removal of a drug product by the manufacturer

to quickly obtain a medication not currently in stock in the pharmacy in situations where the drug is urgently needed

amount of drug that should be kept on the pharmacy shelf. Each drug product may have a different par value.

medications having limited availability due to cost, manufacturing problems, or safety concerns.

a small volume parenteral that will be added into or "piggybacked" into a large volume parenteral (LVP)

protein, carbs, and essential nutrients to be given to the patient through an IV line ( can contain fat emulsion)

A sterile, perservative free medication administered into a patients edipural space (spinal cord and backbone)

medication that will expire soon after preparation

a locked cart of medications and other medical equipment designed for emergency use only