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| This term describes the intentional use of infectious agents, chemicals, or radiation to cause harm. |
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| This injection causes the making of an antibody to provide protection from disease. |
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| The immediate deployment of essential medical equipment, comes from this in the event of a disaster or terrorist act. |
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| Treatment for nuclear radation exposure |
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| This bacterium produces spores which releases two types of toxins to cause harm to the host. |
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| This term is used in health care to describe one's physiological development in the context of one's social environment. |
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| Ability of practitioners to provide care to people with diverse values, beliefs, and behaviors including the ability to meet the needs of these patients. |
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| Term used to describe the study of genetic variations that give rise to differences in the way patients handle medications. |
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| Set of beliefs, values and norms that provide meaning for an individual or group is known as this. |
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| This serves as a conceptual framework in dealing with patients in a holistic manner. |
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| Human-integration pyramid |
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| These ensure proper medication adminstration and should be done with every medication administration. |
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| Seven Rights of Medication Administration. |
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| Any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional,patient or consumer. |
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| Impairment of the physical, emotional or psychological fuction or structure of the body and/or pain resulting therefrom. |
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| The process of "keeping track" of a patient's medications as they proceed from one health care provider to another. |
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| Medication reconcilliation |
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| This hospital department investigates medication error incidents, tracks data, indentifies problems and provides recommendations for improvement. |
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| Complimentary and Alternative Medicine |
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| Products intended to enhance or supplement the diet, such as botanicals, vitamins, minerals or other extracts or metabolites that are not already approved as drugs by the FDA. |
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| This act was passed to protect consumers from the mislabeling of herbal and dietary supplements. |
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| Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act |
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| A botanical without any woody tissue such as stems or bark. |
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| Nonherbal dietary products used to enhance a wide variety of body functions. |
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| Self-administration of a drug in a manner that does not conform to the norms within the patient's culture and society. |
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| Impairment of the physical, emotional, or psychological function or structure of the body and/or pain resulting therefrom. |
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| Groups of drugs that cause patients to feel sedated or relaxed. |
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| Most widely prescribed classes of drugs. |
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