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Uptake of medication into the body through or across tissue

Absorption

Medication That Binds to the receptor site and stimulate and site and stimulate the function of that drug site, a drug that mimics a function of body.

Agonist

Medication that binds to the receptor site to prevent other medication from binding to those sites, cancellation or reduction of ones drugs effect by another drug.

Antagonist

Pertaining to the destruction of bacteria, drugs or chemical that can destroy bacteria.

Bactericidal

Inhibiting or retarded growth of bacteria; drugs or chemicals that can inhibit or retard growth of bacteria.

Bacteriostatic

An uninterested injection of liquid substance into the vein.

Continuous injection

Dispersion of medication particles to sites in the body.

Distribution

Elimination of a medication from the body

Excretion

To escape from the vessel into tissue.

Extravasate

Unexpected, unusual response to a drug.

Idiosyncratic Reaction

Administration of medication or an infusion that is not continuous but interrupted between doses.

Intermittent Infusion

The use of a needle attached to a syringe to instill a single dose of medication into vein.

IV injection (IV push)

Physical or chemical processes in the body that inactivate a drug for excretion, biotransformation.

Metabolism

Old term for drug that depresses central nervous system to relieve pain and has the potential to cause habituation or addiction:

Narcotics

Drug that is a synthetic analgesic with the strength of morphine like substance but is not derived from opium:

Opiod

Drug containing or derived from opium.

Opiate

A controlled infusion that a allows the patient to administer a predetermined amount of analgesic.

Patient controlled analgesic (PCA)

Method of administering diluted nutritional substances in a peripheral IV Site.

Peripheral parental nutrition

New infections that appear during the course of treatment for a primary infection:

Superinfection

Processing of the drug in the body:

Pharmacokinetics

Providing nutritional support through a central IV route

Total parental nutrition (TPN)

Right Drug, Right Dose, Right Time, Right Route, Right patient. Right Technique, Right Documentation.

Seven Rights

Genetics, preexisting conditions , genetic conditions, age.

Alter