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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae ( CRE) or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae ( CPE) are Gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to the carbapenem class of antibiotics, considered the drugs of last resort for such infections. They are resistant because they produce an enzyme called a carbapenemase that disables the drug molecule.
Logo of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) is a non-profit accreditation national agency recognized by Council on Higher Education Accreditation and the US Department of Education. [1] It was established in 1932 as the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education and was renamed ...
BLE. Bilateral Lower Extremity (in/on both legs). BLS. basic life support. BM. bone marrow. bowel movement. breast milk. Capillary blood glucose (British medical colloquialism originating from Boehringer Mannheim, a manufacturer of early glucose meters, today a part of Boehringer Ingelheim .)
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a branch of clinical chemistry and clinical pharmacology that specializes in the measurement of medication levels in blood. Its main focus is on drugs with a narrow therapeutic range, i.e. drugs that can easily be under- or overdosed. [ 1] TDM aimed at improving patient care by individually adjusting the ...
Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, are an example of one initiative proposed to alleviate effects of the opioid crisis. [1] The programs are designed to restrict prescription drug abuse by limiting a patient's ability to obtain similar prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e. “doctor shopping”) and reducing diversion of controlled substances.
Clinical data repository. A Clinical Data Repository (CDR) or Clinical Data Warehouse (CDW) is a real time database that consolidates data from a variety of clinical sources to present a unified view of a single patient. It is optimized to allow clinicians to retrieve data for a single patient rather than to identify a population of patients ...
To access these savings, there’s an annual membership fee of $20 for individuals and $35 for families. Kroger: The Kroger Rx Savings Club offers select medications for $6 or less for a 1-month ...
The Center for Personalized Education for Physicians ( CPEP) is a non-profit organization, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and it specializes in physician competency assessment and educational intervention. The organization was established in 1990 as a collaborative effort of seven Colorado healthcare organizations: the Colorado Alliance for ...