Lesson 1

• reasons for performing a venipuncture: obtaining blood for diagnostic purposes, monitoring levels of blood components, mode of administration for special radiographic procedures
• phlebotomy: · a process of collecting blood
• pharmacology: body of knowledge concerned with the action of chemicals on biologic systems
• generic name: refers to any drug marketed under its chemical name without advertising
• essential medicine: selected based on disease prevalence and public health relevance, evidence of clinical efficacy and safety, and comparative costs and cost-effectiveness
• sublingual or buccal: tablet or pellet containing the drug is placed under the tongue or crushed in the mouth and spread over the buccal mucosa
• sublingual or buccal: absorption is relatively rapid. Action can be produced in minutes
• inhalation: volatile liquids and gases are given by inhalation for systemic action
• parenteral: administration by injection which takes the drug directly into the tissue fluid or blood without having to cross the intestinal mucosa
• parenteral: drug action is faster and surer