Patient Safety
Counseling about medications, both prescription and over the counter, must be done by this person only.
Who is the pharmacist?
The presence of the stem tidine, is a clue that the drugs ranitidine, famotidine and cimetidine are this type of medication.
What is a histamine-2 blocker or a H2 Blocker?
If a CSP (Compounded Sterile Product) is to be considered sterile, it must be free of this.
What are living microorgansims or bacteria or infectious material?
The parts of an NDC number are divided into these sections.
What is the manufacturer, the drug product and the package size?
The DAW code that must be entered into the computer when the prescriber requests that a patient receive the brand name product.
What is DAW 1?
In order to protect themselves and their patients, health care personnel should use this type of precautions.
What is universal precautions?
The presence of the stem sartan, is a clue that the generic drugs losartan, irbesartan and valsartan are this type of medication.
What are Angiotensin-2 Receptor Blockers or ARBs?
The chapter of the USP that gives guidance on the preparation of sterile compounded products.
What is USP <797>
The period of time that all records for controlled substances received, ordered, distributed or dispensed must be retained by a pharmacy.
What is 2 years?
If the expiration date on a manufacturer stock bottle is 09/21. The actual expiration date is this one.
What is 9/30/21?
According to HIPAA, a patient's protected health information is covered if it is transmitted by these three methods.
What is written, spoken and electronically transmitted?
The presence of the stem terol is a clue that the drugs albuterol and salmeterol are this type of medication.
What is a beta-2 agonist?
This is the proper place to hang a piggyback IV bag in relation to the primary IV.
What is higher or above?
Drugs in controlled substance schedules C-III and C-IV are allowed this many refills over this amount of time.
What is 5 refills within 6 months from the date written?
The computer system that allows a prescriber to order a medication for a patient from a hand held tablet is known as this.
The organization that is responsible for approving the use of Tall Man Lettering on medication labels is this one.
What is the FDA?
The presence of the stem sulfa, found in the generic drug names sulfamethoxizole and sulfisoxizole, is a clue that these drugs are probably this type of medication.
What is a sulfonamide antibiotic?
Before preparing IV products in the clean room, a technician should scrub their hands, wrists, nails and forearms up to the elbows with antibacterial soap and warm water for this long.
What is 30 seconds?
OSHA requires that employees who may be exposed to blood borne pathogens be offered a free vaccination for this disease.
What is Hepatitis B?
A prescription for a controlled substance can be transferred between pharmacies that do not share an online database this many times.
What is one?
To maintain PTCB certification, a pharmacy technician must complete a minimum of this many hours of continuing education every 2 years.
What is an NSAID?
Filter needles or filter straws must be used any time you are preparing an IV using medication from this small volume parenteral.
What is an ampule?
This is the class of drug recall issued by the FDA when a drug is likely to cause a reversible side effect.
What is a Class II recall?
These medications are known to cause significant harm if an error occurs with them.
What are high alert/high risk medications?
The name of the organization that is responsible for creating the "do not crush" list of medications that should be swallowed whole is this one.
What is ISMP or the Institute for Safe Medication Practices?
The presence of the stem gab, found in the generic drugs pregabalin and gabapentin, is a clue that these medications are this type of medication.
What is a GABA analog?
Anti-neoplastic medications are prepared in this type of laminar flow hood.
What is a biological safety cabinet?
The daily, monthly and mail order limits for the purchase of pseudoephedrine are this amount.
Daily 3.6 grams
monthly 9 grams
mail order 7.5 grams/month
In order for a prescription to be considered complete and clear, a prescription should contain this information besides the drug name and dose.
What is the route of administration?
Of the 20 hours of continuing education required every 2 years for PTCB renewal, this many hours must be in the area of patient safety.
What is 1 hour?
The presence of the stem faxine is a clue that the drugs venlafaxine and desvenlafaxine are this type of antidepressant.
What is an SSNRI or Selective Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor?
If the laminar flow hood is accidentally or intentionally turned off, it must be turned back on and left running for how long before it can be used again.
What is 30 minutes?
This paperwork must be given to a patient the first time they fill a prescription at your pharmacy.
What is the HIPAA privacy policy?
If you have a patient on a narrow therapeutic index drug such as warfarin, this should be readily available from their electronic medical record
What is relevant lab values? (or INR)