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Pharmacy
1) The science and practice of the preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs. 2) A store where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold.
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Fasciculations
Health care; Pharmacy
The localised contractions of muscle groups, often visible through the skin, because of excessive neuronal discharge.
Drug regimen review (DRR)
Health care; Pharmacy
The monthly evaluation of nursing home charts by pharmacists.
Continuous quality improvement (CQI)
Health care; Pharmacy
The term given to the methodologies used in the process of Total Quality Management (TQM). Efforts to improve quality are part of each participant's responsibilities on an ongoing basis.
Defibrillation
Health care; Pharmacy
The therapeutic use of electric current in an attempt to completely depolarize the myocardium and provide an opportunity for the natural pacemaker centres of the heart to resume normal activity.
