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Pharmacy Technician
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Considered to be the drug information specialists | Pharmacists |
| must be able to decipher handwriting and interpret the correct meaning of the prescription. Making sure that the proper medications are selected, that the proper quantities are counted, and that a complete and accurate label is placed on the container | Dispensing |
| Health maintenance organizations | HMO |
| All pharmacists with a bachelor of science degree (B.S.) in pharmacy. They have the initials R.Ph. After their names | Registered pharmacist |
| Retail pharmacy or drugstore | Community pharmacy |
| National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Writes and governs registration exams that pharmacists must take. | NABP |
| Licensing board. They help administer the exam to graduates for the practical experience requirement which involves an internship, externship and clerkship. | State Board of Pharmacy |
| License that every pharmacy that dispenses drugs must have. | Terminal distributors license |
| Written order for a drug. | Prescription |
| The law that made prescriptions a requirement for dangerous drugs. | Food, drug and cosmetic act |
| Passed by congress that required prescriptions for dangerous drugs. It stated what must be on a prescription before it could be filled for a patient by a pharmacy. | Durham-Humphrey amendment |
| Regulated the pharmaceutical industry, major manufacturers, and researchers of drugs. It required that studies be done, that a new drug is safe and effective for human use, and required sanitary conditions at the manufacturing facilities. | Kefauver-Harris amendment |
| A drug that’s made or dispensed in a facility that has unsanitary conditions. | Adulterated drug |
| Label with any information missing. | Misbranded |
| Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. Law passed by the federal government which required all patients on welfare programs to be offered counseling by the pharmacist. Many state board of pharmacy now require all patients to be offered counseling. | OBRA’90 |