Question

Why is it important to know drug names and acronyms?

REFLECT on your role as a Medical Office Assistant. RECALL content from previous courses. DISCUSS why it important for a Medical Office Assistant to know drug names and common acronyms. IDENTIFY specific situations where this information would be helpful. What you do if you do not know a drug name or acronym?

Answer 1

It is important to know drug names and acronyms to -

1.Distinguish one drug from the other

2.Avoid confusion

3.Naming the name according to their effect .

4. For trademark requirements

5. To appeal both doctors and patients

6. Provide world wide mark

7.for relation al asemantics

8. For pharmacy practice recommendation

9. To avoid ambiguity

If medical office assistant does not know the drug name or acronym then he or she should not be judge the drug on the basis of their generic name and common name and is more subjected to confusion and ambiguity. So he or she can't judge the use of that drug and its effect . A medical officer myst have knowledge of drugs name to distinguish one from other . So first he need to get knowledge about that drug to check the pharmacy practice recommendation and should study the constituent of drug written on the back of any sample of drug to understand its use .

If someone has the knowledge about the names and acronyms and constituent then he can advice it to patient in typical and problematic situations . Drugs go through certain criteria so the names are given according to their effect on body.