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100

USP chapter that is used as the standard for compounding non-sterile drugs.  

What is USP <795>?

100

The law that requires that before any drug is marketed, it must be proven to be safe and effective.

What is 1962 Kefauver-Harris Amendment?

100

The meaning of the DAW abbreviation

What is "Dispense As Written"?

100

Amoxillin is this.

What is antibiotic?

100

HIPAA is this.

What is "Health Insurance Portability Act"?

200

Federal, state, and this is used to regulate and/or provide standard to the field of compounding.

What is USP?

200

The 1965 Social Security Act established this?

What is the Medicare Program?

200

ii tabs hs is translated to what on the medication bottle

What is "2 tablets at bedtime"?

200

The root gastro refers to this.

What is stomach?

200

"itis" means/refers to this.

What is inflammation?
300

These are product information sheets that are prepared by the manufacturer and provides information about drug.

What is Patient Package Inserts

300

This Act established strict controls over OTC sales of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine.

What is the 2005 Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA)?

300

"Dispense 100cc stat." Another way to write cc.

What is ml

300

The root "adip" mean?

What is fat?

300

These are the three sections of an NDC.

What is "manufacturer - drug/formulation/dose - package size"?

400

This resource/reference can be used to know the brand, generic, or therapeutic equivalents.

What is the Orange Book?

400

The act requires pharmacist to offer counseling to Medicaid patients regarding medications,

What is the 1990 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act?

400

Another abbreviation for subq and subc.

What is SC?

400

Anticoagulant does this in the body.

What is prevent blood clots?

400

The root "pathy" is this?

What is disease?

500

These two USP chapters will be used as standards when compounding and handling a sterile hazardous drug.

What is USP 797 and USP 800?

500

This recall class is recommended/initiated when there is a strong likelihood that the product will cause serious adverse effects or death.

What is Recall Class I?

500

Define the abbreviation IVPB

What is Intravenous Piggyback?

500

The root "thromb" is this.

What is clot?

500

True/False: antihypertensive are cardiovascular drugs.

What is true?

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