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Module 20 Con.
Test Review
Question | Answer |
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Cart 1 | 0831-1730 |
Cart 2 | 1731-0830 |
What are the responsibilities of the pharmacy technician on Medication Rounds? (6) | Delivering meds to nursing floor, new meds placed in designed area, discontinued meds are to be retrieved and returned to be credited |
Contiued... | Check and replace floor stock and retrieve med orders on med rounds, Tell the pharmacist about any problems while on rounds, Discontinue meds will be credited by tech |
What are the cautionary steps the pharmacy technician should follow when handling (5)Chemotherapeutic agents? | Wear chemotherapeutic gloves, ensure such agents are properly sealed, keep such agents separate from other med, transport such agents to nursing unit, notify nursing staff of such delivery |
What should you do if a loss of a controlled substance occurs due to theft? | Contact the nearest DEA Diversion Field Office as well as the local/state police |
Daily- Routine | 0900 |
Warfarin Sodium | 1800 |
TID- Routine | 0900, 1300, 1700 |
TID Antibiotics | 0600, 1400, 2200 |
QID- Routine Drugs | 0900, 1300, 1700, 2100 |
Q12 H | 0900, 2100 |
With Meals | 0900, 1300, 1800 |
What are the two instances in which the MARs need to be recopied? | All the "date" colums are used and all the spaces for medication entries are used |
Typical information contained on the Patient Profile. (8) | Start date, stop date, medication/dose, directions/route, cartfill quantities, patient's name/room #, allergies and diagniosis |
Types of medication packaging used in the process of filling the mediaction drawer. (5) | Platic blister packaging, injectable, oral unit dose liquids, unit dose tab and/or cap and tubes. |
What does the achronym MUE refer to to? | Medication- use evaluation |
List five objectives of MUE. | Improving patient safety, promoting optimal medication therapy, preventing medcation- related problems, minimzing costs of mediaction therapy, evaluation effectiveness of med therapy |
What are the indicators that suggest a need for a MUE? (5) | Adverse med events, signs of treatment failure, pharmacist intervenions to improve med quality, nonformulary med used /requested and patient dissatifaction |
What are the pharmacist's responsibilities in MUE? (7) | Create an operational plan for MUE programs, working collaboratively with prescibers, reviewing individual medication orders, managing MUE programs, collecting/ evaluation patient-specific data |
Con... | Reporting MUE findings, providing info based on MUE findings |
Pitfalls of MUE (8) | Lack of authority, lack of organization, lack of involvement, lack of follow through, lack of readily retrievable data, poor communication, poor documentation and evaluation methods impeding patient care |