TERMINOLOGIES

1 Adverse effect: - An unexpected medical problem which occurs during treatment

with a drug or other therapy. Adverse effects may be mild, moderate or severe.
2. Hypodermoclysis: - It is defined as a subcutaneous injection of fluids and
interstitial infusion, is the administration to the body as a saline or glucose solutions.
3. Idiosyncrasy: - It is an abnormal reactivity to a chemical. It develops mostly
unpredictably.
4. Medication error: - it is a failure in the treatment process that leads to harm the
patient.
5. Medication Reconciliation: - It is the process of identifying the most accurate list
of all medications that the patient is taking including name, dose, frequency and
route by comparing the medical record with the external list of medications obtained
from the patient, hospital.
6. Polypharmacy: - The use of multiple medicines to treat a single disease or
condition.
7. Serum half- life: - half-life serum is used to estimate how long it takes for a drug
to be removed from your body.
8. Synergistic effect: - a synergistic effect is the result of two or more processes
interacting together to produce an effect.
9. Z track method: - it is a technique of IM injection used to prevent leakage during
administer the medication.
10. Pharmacokinetics: - It is the study of the bodily absorption, distribution,
metabolism and excretion of drugs.