Medication Systems, Hospital

**Definition:** Overall systems, traditional or automated, to provide medication to patients in hospitals. Elements of the system are: handling the physician's order, transcription of the order by nurse and/or pharmacist, filling the medication order, transfer to the nursing unit, and administration to the patient.

**Tree numbers:** - N04.452.442.452.675 - N04.452.528.473

**Synonyms:** - Hospital Drug Distribution Systems - Drug Distribution System, Hospital - System Hospital Medication - Systems, Medication Hospital - Hospital Medication System - Medication System, Hospital - Hospital Medication Systems - Hospital Unit Dose Drug Distribution System - Drug Distribution Systems, Hospital - Hospital Unit Dose Drug Distribution Systems