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• USP — may refer to: * USP DI, an online medical database provided by EBSCO Publishing * Heckler Koch USP * NUS University Scholars Programme * Ultrashort Pulse Laser * Ultraspiracle protein, a part of the ecdysone receptor * Unique selling proposition… …   Wikipedia

• USP — 1. noun a) The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., a standard setting authority that publishes USP NF standards about pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements. b) The United States Pharmacopeia, the published standards. 2. adjective… …   Wiktionary

• USP unit —    a unit used in the United States to measure the potency of a vitamin or drug, that is, its expected biological effects. For each substance to which this unit applies, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration has determined the biological effect… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• Heckler & Koch USP — Type Pistol Place of origin …   Wikipedia

• United States Pharmacopeia — The [http://www.usp.org United States Pharmacopeia] is an official public standards–setting authority for all prescription and over–the–counter medicines and other health care products manufactured or sold in the United States. USP also sets… …   Wikipedia

• Patient safety organization — A patient safety organization (PSO) is a group, institution or association that improves medical care by reducing medical errors. In the 1990s, reports in several countries revealed a staggering number of patient injuries and deaths each year due …   Wikipedia

• Pill splitting — refers to the practice of modifying a tablet, capsule or pill to obtain a lower dose of the active ingredient, or to obtain multiple smaller doses, either to reduce cost or because the drug is not available in the dose desired. Often, pills that… …   Wikipedia

• Crude medicine — (simplified Chinese: 药材; traditional Chinese: 藥材; pinyin: yàocái), (also known as crude drug in the Chinese materia medica) are bulk drugs from the Chinese materia medica basic processing and treatment. Contents 1 Overview 2 History …   Wikipedia

• water for injection — [USP] water for parenteral use, prepared by distillation or reverse osmosis, containing no added substance, and meeting certain standards as to sterility and clarity …   Medical dictionary

• Drug reference standard — A drug reference standard is a standardized substance which is used as a measurement base for similar substances. Where the exact active substances of a new drug are not known, a reference standard provides a calibrated level of biological… …   Wikipedia

• Dietary supplement — Flight through a CT image stack of a multivitamin tablet A Z by German company Abtei. Food supplement redirects here. For food additions that alter the flavor, color or longevity of food, see Food additive. See also: Bodybuilding supplement A… …   Wikipedia