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Pharmacy Tech
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who approves drugs, regulates their applications and inserts, and handles recalls? | FDA |
| Who sets state laws and requirements, tracks&investigates controlled substances, and sets drug schedule numbers | DEA |
| 2. Set state laws and requirements. 3. Outline pharmacy guidelines. 4. Investigate state violations | Board of Pharmacy (BOP) |
| What does the Joint Commission do? | Watches of the Healthcare Organizations and regulates insurance providers |
| What does OU mean? OD? OS? | Both Eyes, OD is right eye, OS is left eye |
| 1 kg = how many pounds? | 2.2 |
| Who would initiate a Class II recall? | FDA |
| How many mL are in an Ounce? | 29.5 |
| How many mL in a tablespoon? | 15 |
| Class III drugs can be ordered from a pharmacy with what? | A standard invoice |
| What is the equations for Clarke's Rule? | Adult dosage x (weight in pounds/150) |
| How do you determine the check number for a DEA number? | Add the 6 numbers that appear after the first 2 letters. the second digit in that number should be the final number in the DEA number |
| What do the letters in the DEA number mean? | The first letter is a reference to the type of practice or institution, the second is the First letter of the doctors last name |
| What distributes clean air into a room to create a sterile enviornment? | A laminer flow hood |
| How many tablespoons are in an ounce? | 2 |
| What is an Isotonic NaCl solution? | 0.9% |
| The reference list of approved drug products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations published by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is called? | The Orange Book |
| An elixer contains what? | Alcohol |
| In this NDC code: XXXXX-XXXX-XX, What do the sections of numbers represent? | 1st section: Manufacturer. 2nd section:The product/formula. 3rd packaging |
| How long does a patent last? | 20 years from the original filing date |
| How many grams are in a pound? | 454 |
| What are 3 drugs used to treat seizures? | Topamax, Depakote, Lamictal |
| What drug phase involves hundreds of thousands of people in a trial? | Phase III |
| What is Flucanzole used for? | Athletes foot |
| A drug class that causes a natural biological action to NOT occur is called | Antagonist |
| The decision to add new medications to a hospitals formulary are usually made by | Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee |
| What is Youngs formula? | Adult dose X (age/(age+12)) |
| What classifies at Schedule I Drug? Give an example | No medical necessity, high potential for abuse. Heroin |
| What classifies a Schedule II Drug? Give an Example | High potential for abuse, but medically used. Ritalin, Codeine |
| What classifies a Schedule III Drug? Give an Example | Moderate abuse potential. Vicodin |
| What classifies a Schedule IV Drug? Give an Example | Some potential for abuse. Ambien, Lorazipam |
| What classifies a Schedule V Drug? Give an Example | Very little abuse potential. Anti-diarrheals. cough syrup |
| Explain the refill guidelines for all DEA regulated drugs | Sch II: No refills. III-V: Up to 5, but only 5. Regular drugs: Up to 12 months worth |
| What was the basis behind the Durham-Humphrey Amendment of 1951? | It separated Legend drugs from OTC drugs |
| What does te Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962 do? | "Drug efficacy amendment". Required that drug manufacturers provide proof of effectiveness and safety of their drugs |
| What is the generic for Advair Diskus? | Fluticasone/salmetrol |
| What part of Medicare provides prescription drug benefits? | Part D |
| If two drugs are taken together and one of them intensifies the action of the other, what type of drug interaction has occurred? | Potentiation |
| What is the generic drug suffix for a proton pump inhibitor? | -Prazole |
| What is the Red Book? | Contains information on drug pricing |
| Tall man letters are used for drugs which? | Have look-alike names |
| How long do DEA forms need to be maintained? | 2 years |
| This federal law requires pharmacists to review Medicaid recipients' entire drug profile before filling their prescriptions. | Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 |
| Which tier is for brand name drugs for which the insurer has determined cheaper alternatives are available. | Tier 3 |
| What tier is the cheapest and contains generic drugs? | Tier 1 |
| another method of prescription drug reimbursement,requires that the pateint pay percentage of tye retail cost of the drug | Coinsurance |
| What tier includes preferred brand name drugs that require a higher copayment. | Tier 2 |
| Who licenses pharmacists and techs? | Board of Pharmacy and DEA |
| What type of drugs require refrigeration? | Most all Suspensions (typically antibiotics) and Vials (insulin and vaccines) |
| What are some exceptions from the Poison Prevention Act? | 1.All potassium supplements. 2. oral contraceptives. 3. SL forms of Nitroglycerine. 4. Prednisone is prescribe <150mg |
| In Tylenol 3, what is the ratio of codeine to acetaminophen? Tylenol 4? | Tylenol 3: 30mg/325mg. Tylenol 4: 60mg/325mg |
| If a controlled substance was stolen from your pharmacy, what form would you fill out? | Form 106 |
| Grapefruit should be avoided when youre taking what type of medication? | Cholesterol-lowering |
| Green, leafy foods should be eaten less when someone is on what medication? | Blood-thinners |
| Salt substitutes should be avoided when someone is on which type of medication? | ACE inhibitors |
| What type of drugs should be taken on an empty stomach? | -cillin antibiotics, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors |
| What type of drugs should be taken with food? | -cycline antibiotics, mineral supplements, cortisones, beta blockers |
| Where would you find drug interaction information? | The Physician's Desk Reference or Drug Facts and Comparisons |
| According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, how can you avoid error-prone abbreviations? | Spell things out fully and if the dosage is less than one put a zero in front of the decimal point |
| What are the 5 common error-prone abbreviations? | 1. U, u (unit) 2. IU (International unit) 3. QD, QOD (every day, every other day) 4. Trailing zero (X.0 mg), lack of leading zero (.X mg) 5. MS or MSO4 and MgSO4 (morphine sulfate or magnesium sulfate) |
| What are some common high-alert medications? | 1. Insulin is high risk (due to hypoglycemia) 2. opioids (due to respiratory depression) 3. anticoagulants (due to bleeding risk-or clot risk if under-dosed) 4. sedatives (due to risk of over-sedation, hypotension, delirium and lethargy). |
| How can you determine the amount of Dextrose in a D#W solution? | The percent of dextrose in the solution is represented by the number. You times the percentage by the amount that was prescribed. Ex: 1000ml of D10W has 100ml dextrose |
| What is a Provider Network? | A provider network is made up of the doctors, hospitals, clinics, and other health care professionals and facilities that a health plan contracts with to offer services at reduced costs |
| What is a common side effect of Magnesium based antacids? Aluminum based? | Diarrhea, Constipation |
| What is iPLEDGE? | A mandatory distribution program for isotretinoin, intended to prevent the use of the drug during pregnancy due to the high risk of birth defects |
| What are the brand names of Isotretinoin medications (7)? | Roaccutane, Claravis, Absorica, Amnesteem, Myorisan, Sotret, or Zenatane |
| How does someone go about filling their Isotretinoin prescription? | They must complete iPLEDGE to become authorized. They must retake every time they wish to obtain another 30 day supply |
| How do you use tall man letters to seperate commonly confused medications? | You capitalize the differing part of the name. Ex: busPIRone and buPROPion |
| What types of medications would you find on the Do Not Crush list? | Most anti-depressants, anti-histamines, and heart medications |
| Which form would you use to return a controlled substance? | Form 222 |
| Which form would be used for the destruction of damaged or outdated controlled substances? | Form 41 |
| What do you do if you believe a prescription is fraudulant? | Do not fill it, contact local police |
| If you were interested in compounding a medication,what resource would you use? | Remington: The science and practice of Pharmacology |
| What are the steps to a drug recall? | 1. Problem is reported. 2. Recall is initiated. 3 Recall assessment & classification (how to handle it, guidelines). 4. communication to public |
| In retail, what do you do with the recalled drugs? | Return all recalled stock using Recall Reply Form |
| The primary routing mechanism for a real-time-party prescription claim is? | BIN |
| OSHA mandates that healthcare facilities have specific plans in place to protect healthcare workers from? | Hepatitis B |
| Antineoplastic medications should be prepared in which type of hood? | A Biological Hood |
| An outpatient prescription requires what information? | Physicians Phone number and address |
| What form is used for relabeling medications? | Form 766 |
| A patient who is allergic to penicillin has a chance of cross sensitivity to which medication? | Cephalexin (cephalosporins) |
| Which is the smallest volume, in milliliters, that can be accurately measured using a 1.0 mL tuberculin syringe? | 0.05mL |
| When it is necessary to recap a needle, how do you do it? | The "one hand scoop" method |
| What does OBRA require pharmacists to offer to Medicaid patients | Counseling |
| Special IV tubing is recommended for the administration of | Nitroglycerine |
| What do Medicare Parts A-D cover? | Part A covers hospitalization Medicare Part B covers the medical costs Part C is for supplemental coverage Part D is for prescriptions |
| Treximet is a combination tablet for treating migraines that contains sumatriptan and what? | Naproxen |
| In the absence of stability information, water-containing formulations (prepared from ingredients in solid form) should be assigned by a beyond-use-date that is? | No later than 14 days when stored at a cold temperature |
| The best reference for obtaining storage requirements for a particular drug is ? | USP-NF |
| Do you recap used immunization needles? | NO |
| Technology that automatically documents administration of medication using electronic tracking sensors is known as what? | BCMA, Bar Code Medication Administeration |
| What is CMS? | CMS is Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| What is DME? | DME is Durable Medical Equipment, |
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