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32 Cards in this Set
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Food drug and cosmetic act of 1938 |
Created the FDA and requires companies to file a New Drug Application. |
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Durham-Humphrey Act of 1951 |
Separated legend and otc |
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Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962 |
Caused by thalidomide tragedy. Must be safe and effective. |
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Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 |
created controlled substances. |
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Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 |
child resistant packaging that can be opened by 80% of adults and resistant to 90% of children under 5. |
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Orphan Drug act. |
Tax incentives for orphan drugs. under 200,000 |
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omnibus act of 1990 |
OBRA-90. Requires counseling |
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
HIPPAA. patient confidentiality. |
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Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 |
Medicare Part D-provides prescription drug coverage to patients eligible for Medicare benefits. Voluntary insurance program, not an automatic government benefit.Provides some drug coverage, especially for those patients with economic hardships or those on high-cost medications.Patients are required to pay extra premium and are usually subject to a deductible before benefits are realized. |
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Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 |
made pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and ephedrine(C-V) hard to get. |
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Prescription benefits manager (PBM):
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a company that administers the prescription drug benefits and pharmacy reimbursements for many insurance companies.
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Co-insurance: |
A percentage-based plan, the patient must pay a certain percent of the prescription price |
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Medicaid |
for indigent and disabled citizens of its state who meet age and income eligibility requirements. |
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Medicare |
Patients 65 and over, or with chronic kidney disease and those who are “dual eligible” for Medicare and Medicaid. |
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OSHA |
Occupational safety and health act. maintain safety in the workplace. |
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refrigerator |
between 2 and 8 degrees C (36 and 46 degrees F). |
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freezer |
between -20 and -10 degrees C (-4 and -14 degrees F) |
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cool |
between 8 and 15 degrees C (46 and 59 degrees F). |
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room temp |
between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F) |
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warm |
between 30 and 40 degrees C (86 and 104 degrees F) |
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Y-site |
one or more injection ports made of a rigid piece of plastic, with one arm terminating in a resealable port that is used for adding medication to the IV. |
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Spike |
A rigid, sharpened plastic piece used to pierce the IV container. |
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Extravasation |
Leakage of infused medication from the vein into the surrounding tissue |
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Actinic keratosis |
a precancerous condition resulting from overexposure to sunlight. |
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Basal cell carcinoma |
a slow growing tumor that usually forms polyps and rarely metastasizes. |
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Keratoacanthoma |
an epithelial tumor that grow rapidly at first but usually regresses and heals |
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Squamous cell carcinoma |
a type of cancer that grows more rapidly than basal cell carcinoma; cells tend to keratinize; metastasis is uncommon. |
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Conjunctivitis |
pink eye |
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PCN # |
Processor Control Number this specifies exactly how the claim is to be billed electronically. |
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Group Number |
the number proceeds a member ID number on the prescription benefit card. This number identifies your employer and the carrier/plan you have. |
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Issuer Number |
Generally, the employer may choose a number for each of the covered individuals |
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Member ID |
this number identifies a covered individual of a plan. A member ID number is a separate and distinct number from the group number. |
