Pharmacy agencies
What is the FDA- Food and Drug Administration
The federal law that mandates use of safety caps.
What is the PPA (Poison Prevention Act)?
Code that has 11 characters that identify the manufacturer, medication/dosage form and size/type of packaging.
What is NDC (National Drug Code)?
Ending for beta-blockers.
The act that created the FDA.
What is the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938?
What is the State Board of Pharmacy?
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act requires pharmacists to do this.
What is counsel patients?
Source you would use to determine whether a generic drug is interchangeable with a brand drug.
What is the FDA Orange Book?
Tetracyclines
What is -cyclines? (doxycycline)
The ammendment that established clear criteria for the classification of prescription and non-prescription OTC medications.
The agency which is a non-governmental, independent scientific organization that sets standards for all OTC and prescription medications.
What is USP or United States of Pharmacopeia?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act establishes this
What is protection of patient identity and health information?
Professional organization that offers a nationally recognized certification for pharmacy technicians.
What is the PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Board)?
ARBS/ ACEIs
What is -Sartan and -Pril?
The act that covers topics such as the practice of pharmacy, the Board of Pharmacy, and the requirements for pharmacist licensure.
What is North Carolina Pharmacy Practice Act?
The agency responsible for enforcing laws relating to the acquisition, storage, dispensing and documentation of controlled substances.
What is the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency)?
The act that deals with drugs that are used to treat rare diseases.
What is the Orphan Drug Act?
Duty which pharmacy technicans cannot perform.
What is counsel patients regarding their medications?
Quinolones
What is -floxacin?
Legislation passed by California in 2024 aiming to address understaffed chain pharmacies and reduce medication errors. (gives pharmacists more autonomy over staffing decisions, requires reporting of unsafe conditions, establishes a confidential medication error reporting system.)
What is the Dangerous Pharmacies Act?
The agency responsible for the enforcement of regulations relating to the safety and health of workers.
What is OSHA (Occupation Safetly and Health Administration)?
Document that provides model language for state laws and board rules.
What is the Model State Pharmacy Act?
The system utilized by the FDA to recieve information about adverse events or product problems.
What is MedWatch?
SSRI medication endings and benzodiazepine endings.
What is -Pram and -Ine?
What is -Pam and -Lam?
The act that gives all people who recieve Medicare benefits the option for prescription drug coverage. (Medicare Part D)
What is Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003?