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Descriptor English: Medication Systems
Descriptor Spanish: Sistemas de Medicación
Descriptor sistemas de medicación
Entry term(s) sistemas de distribución de dosis unitarias de medicamentos
Scope note: Globalmente, los sistemas, tradicionales o automáticos, que proveen medicación al paciente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sistemas de Medicação
Descriptor French: Systèmes de distribution des médicaments
Entry term(s): Medication System
System, Medication
Systems, Medication
Unit Dose Drug Distribution Systems
Tree number(s): N04.452.528
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008509
Scope note: Overall systems, traditional or automated, to provide medication to patients.
Annotation: an organizational concept in patient care for providing medication; do not confuse with DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS for admin of a drug to a patient or animal for "controlled delivery so that an optimum amount reaches the target site"; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73
DeCS ID: 8676
Unique ID: D008509
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1996/06/10
Medication Systems - Preferred
Concept UI M0013246
Scope note Overall systems, traditional or automated, to provide medication to patients.
Preferred term Medication Systems
Entry term(s) Medication System
System, Medication
Systems, Medication
Unit Dose Drug Distribution Systems - Narrower
Concept UI M0013247
Preferred term Unit Dose Drug Distribution Systems



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