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22 Cards in this Set
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Automatic Dispensing System
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A drug dispensing system that is computer or robot based
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Blended Dose System
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A drug distribution system that combines a unit-of-use medication package with a non-unit-dose drug distribution system
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Central Fill Pharmacy
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A high-volume pharmacy that fills prescriptions for a number of individual pharmacies
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Drug Distribution System
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A safe and economical way of distributing a drug
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Enteral Nutrition
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Feeding given through a tube passed directly into the stomach or intestine. Although normal eating qualifies as enteral nutrition, the term is applied to specially prepared liquid feedings
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Home Health Care Pharmacy
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The practice of pharmacy that provides medications, home health care products and services, and pharmaceutical care to patients at home
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Hospice
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Originally a facility, usually within a hospital, intended to care for the terminally ill, in particular, by providing physical comfort to the patient and emotional support and counseling to the patient and the family; currently hospice is also provided in home settings
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Internet Pharmacy
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An established commercial website that enables a patient to obtain medications by way of the internet
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Long-term Care
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A range of health and health- related support services provided over an extended period of time.
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Long-term care Pharmacy Organization
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An organization involving a licensed professional pharmacy or practice that provides medications and clinical services to long-term care facilities and their residents
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Mail-order Pharmacy
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A licensed pharmacy that uses the mail or other carriers (e.g., overnight carriers or parcel services) to deliver prescriptions to patients
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Modified Unit-dose System
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A drug distribution system that combines unit-dose medications blister packaged onto a multiple dose card
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Modular Cassette
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These cassettes contain either one-week or two-week medication strips that also contain reserve doses in a narrow plastic side-tray design
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Multiple Medication Package
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A medication package in which all medications for a specific medication time are packaged together
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Nuclear Pharmacy
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A pharmacy that is specially licensed to work with radioactive materials, previously called radiopharmacy
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Parenteral Nutrition
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A combination of amino acids, dextrose, fats, vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, and water administered intravenously. Parental nutrition is capable of providing all the nutrients needed to sustain life
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Radiopharmaceutical
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A drug that is or has been made to be radioactive. Although a few radiopharmaceuticals are used to treat diseases (e.g, radioactive iodine), most are used as diagnostic agents
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Reagent Kit
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Vials containing particular compounds, usually in freeze-dried form used in nuclear pharmacy
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Specialty Mail-order pharmacy
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A mail-order pharmacy that concentrates on specific areas of the prescription drug market
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Starter Kit
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A group of medications provided to a hospice patient by the hospice pharmacy to provide a "start" in treatment for most urgent problems that can develop during the last days or week of life
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Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
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An intravenous feeding that supplies al the nutrients necessary for life
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Unit-dose System
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A drug distribution system that provides medication in it's final unit of use form
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