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Hospi Phar Lab

The document discusses common medical abbreviations and their meanings. It emphasizes that certain abbreviations should be avoided due to risk of misinterpretation or medical error. It then provides information and examples of proper documentation for patient demographics, diagnoses, medications, and unit dose drug distribution systems. The goal is to outline best practices for documentation to ensure safety and accuracy of patient care.

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Hospi Phar Lab

The document discusses common medical abbreviations and their meanings. It emphasizes that certain abbreviations should be avoided due to risk of misinterpretation or medical error. It then provides information and examples of proper documentation for patient demographics, diagnoses, medications, and unit dose drug distribution systems. The goal is to outline best practices for documentation to ensure safety and accuracy of patient care.

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Generic Name Brand Name

Gladyss Faye P. Pardias

PHAR 5 LAB Paracetamol (Ackmil)

BAD Abbreviation- can cause 300 mg IV Q4 PRN


confusion, which can lead to medical
Frequency
error. Dose

BANDEM Route
Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) = -zole
ABBREVIATION MEANING REASON
(usually 30 mins to 1 hour before meal/
u units Can look like
4 or 0 breakfast)
IU International Can look like If Generic do noes coincide with brand
units IV or IO name, it is IMPOSSIBLE ERROR.
QD Everyday Can be
QOD Every Other interchanged ACTIVITY 4
Day Demographics- Name, Age, Gender,
X.0 e.g. 25.0 Can be Address. In hospital: height, weight,
overdosed. allergies.
(AVOID Medication list- Generic & brand name,
TRAILING Dose form & strength
ZEROES)
Chief complaint- reason why patient is
.X e.g. .5 Can be
admitted
overdosed
Drug Allergy- If there is, red ink. If none,
(LACK OF
LEADING use blank ink & write NKA (No Known
ZERO) Allergy)
MS/MSO4 Morphine Final Diagnosis- Clinical Impression, If
Sulfate (for Can be there is maintenance
pain) interchanged
MgSO4 Magnesium ACTIVITY 5
Sulfate Demographics
AS Left Ear Can be o Patient Initial- for patient
AD Right Ear Interchanged confidentiality
AU Both Ears o Weight & Height- if none, write
OS Left eye Can be ND (No Data)
OD Right Eye interchanged
Working Diagnosis- Presumptive
OU Both eyes
disease
o E.g. HTN, DM2- Can use
Once daily OD acronyms
o Use pencil because it is not
final.
Diet- Use pencil because not final
Standing Meds- No to BANDEM
PRN Meds- As needed or Required
Stat- Immediately
IV- PNSS, R-Lingers Solution, D5LR
Medication Administration Record
(MAR)- Nurses chart dose
Any changes, we strike, use RED

ACTIVITY 6
UDDDS- Unit Dose Drug Distribution
System
o Patient Specific
o Individual Packaging
o Lower drug manipulation
o Pharmacy coordinated method

CRITERIA:

Single unit packages


Ready to Administer packages
24 hour supply

ADVANTAGES:

Safer
Efficient & economical
More Efficient method of utilizing
professional resources

NOTES:

Less medication error


Less total cost of medicine related
activities
Efficient usage of pharmacist & nurse
personnel
Increase drug use monitory/control
More accurate billing of drug
Less size of drug inventories in patient
care areas

FILLING UP:

UDDDS Remarks- ilan pa yung natira


Remarks- if discontinued

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