Question | Answer |
What is the JCAHO and what does it do? | Joint Commission on Accredidation of Healthcare Organizations, Important in the hospital inspection process, Sets standards for hospitals |
When checking in medications on an invoice, the technician should: | Match the # of medicaiton containers, size, price of each, total price, and any discounts before putting them on the shelf. |
Extemporaneous prep of unit does medications must have: | A recording sheet w/ specific drug, date, and lot# information. |
OTC drugs can be dispensed w/out prescription because they: | are generally safe but can cause reactions in certain patients. |
technicians may deliver unit dose medications which are: | Unit of use medications used in hospitals for efficiency and to control costs. |
A tech may fill prescriptions or physicians orders only if: | His/her work is double checked by a pharmacist |
What is the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Commitee? (AKA P& T Commitee) | Evaluates drugs and decides which ones will be allowed on the formulary |
The first thing a tech should do when professionally greeting a customer is? (Retail) | Introduce himself/herself to the patient. |
The term "Third Party" refers to: | The insurance company, welfare or workers compensation. |
What does the term "Oval's" refer to? | Glass or plastic bottles used to dispense liquids. |
What are the methods which a pharmacy can receive prescriptions? | in person, telephone, fax or internet. |
A co-pay is the amount that the <blank> pays for the prescription | patient |
Duties that should be performed by techs include... | Answering phones, ordering supplies and record keeping. |
What is OBRA '90? | A law passed by the fed gov, requiring pharmacists to cousel patients receiving govt assistance. |
What are auxilliary labels? | The color reminder labels attached after the main label has been attached to a prescription container. |
The most highly trained health professional in medication therapy | Pharmacist |
One of the most important things to check with floor stock medications and crash carts | Expiration dates of medications. |
Concerning the dispensing of drugs; Prescriptions drugs are... | Dangerous drugs that may only be dispensed when prescribed by a physician. |
What organization sponsored the first voluntary certification exam for pharm techs in 1995? | PTCB, or Pharmacy Technician Certification Board |
In order to dispense dangerous drugs a pharmacy dept, must display what? | Terminal Distributors License. |
When trying to find the information on whether a product like Lanoxin is available, what source will provide the answer | Drug Topics Red Book |
Best source for dosing information for a five year old child | Pediatric Dosage Handbook |
Organized by disease condition with information on treatment using OTC items | Handbook of Nonprescription drugs |
Gives patient drug informaiton in lay language | Second volume of USP DI |
Computer program that can print out patient specific drug informaiton | MedCoach |
Can identify a geric name of a brand name product | American Drug Index |
Electronic drug information source contains informaiton on lab tests, infectious disease, and drug identication, as well as medical dictionary. | LexiComp's Clinical Reference Library |
Official publication of the American Pharmaceutical Association | American Pharmacy |
Contains a listing of manufacturers with addresses and telephone numbers | Blue Book |
Physicians can use to find brief descriptions of disea conditions and treatments | The Merck Manual |
Found in most pharmacies and is often used for brand and generic names | Drug Facts and Comparisons |
The HandBook on Injectable Drugs is most useful for information on: | Compatibility with other drugs |
Name of the software package that allows you to search databases produced by the National Library of Medicine. | Grateful Med |
True or False, a package insert only contains information approved by the FDA | True |
The Physicians Desk Reference (PDR) is the most complete source of drug information for all products in the United States. | False. It is used as a marketing tool by pharmaceutical companies. |
Printed source of information intended specifically for patient education. | Second Volume of USP DI. |
Drug interaction source published by Applied Therapeutics and describes each interaction in five parts | Drug Interactions and Updates Quarterly. |
What does NDC stand for? | National Drug Code |
True or false, NDC numbers are required for some but not all prescriptions medicines | False, they are required for all. |
Periodical that publishes pharmacy practice information information for manage care settings? | Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy |
Which publication contains a directory of Poison Centers | Drug Topics Red Book |