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Chapter 18
Notes Review
Question | Answer |
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Chain community pharmacies are the largest segment of the retail pharmacy market, but what kind of pharmacy is the fastest growing? | Mail order pharmacy. |
Home care providers care in a patient's home that might otherwise be provided where? | In an institutional setting or a physician's office. |
What's the fastest growing area of health care? | Home infusion. |
What are some primary providers of home care services? | Home care agencies, home infusion pharmacies, and hospitals. |
What are primary therapies provided by home infusion services? | Antibiotic therapy, parenteral nutrition, pain management, and chemotherapy. |
Nuclear pharmacies are specially licensed and regulated pharmacies that do what? | Prepare radioactive materials called radiopharmaceuticals that are used for diagnosis as well as treatment of diseases. |
Nuclear pharmacies are usually located for what? | Easy access to hospitals and clinics where most of the diagnostic testing takes place. |
Chapter <800> will be implemented July 1, 2018, that complements chapters <795> and <797> and provides what? | Standards for handling hazardous drugs. |
Pharmacists and PTs who work with radiopharmaceuticals are required to wear what? | Badges that monitor radiation exposure. |
What are some boards and organizations that regulate and oversee compounding pharmacies? | State boards of pharmacy, FDA, DEA, USP <795>, <797>, and <800>, and the Pharmacy Accreditation Board (PCAB). |