While checking the medications in your unit's drug box, you identify the medication, "meperidine hydrochloride, USP". You recognize this as the drugs:
a. Chemical name
b. Official name
c. Trade name
d. Generic name
b
Rationale: a.chemical name precisely describes the medications atomic and molecular structure
b. The official name of a drug is followed by the letters USP indicating that it is in the official formulary of the United States.
c. A trade name of a drug is the name a manufacturer gives a drug and is registered.
d. The generic name, while similar to the official name does not have USP following it.
You might also like to view...
RBRVS stands for:
A. resource-based relative value scale. B. resource-based rates of valued services. C. rates by resources and value scale. D. relative buying rates for valued services.
What is the normal range of negative pressure to use when suctioning children?
a. –60 to –80 mm Hg b. –80 to –100 mm Hg c. –100 to –120 mm Hg d. –120 to –150 mm Hg
In addition to blood fluids and human tissue, _______________ waste includes any potentially hazardous waste generated in the treatment of patients, such as needles.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The suffix -stomy means:
A) opening B) formation C) surgical repair D) abnormal