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Parts of Prescription
Parts of Rx Label
SIG Codes
Pharmacy Fun Facts
100
Area where pharmacy receives prescription(s) from the patient
What is the drop-off window?
100
Patient demographic not required by Ohio Law as part of a prescription but often included as a patient identifier
What is date of birth (DOB)?
100
Process where medication is prepared for the patient
What is dispensing?
100
2 tabs QID x 7 d
What is: Take 2 tablets by mouth 4 times a day for 7 days?
100
The College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was founded in this year
What is 1904?
200
Process of putting prescription information into computer dispensing database
What is data entry?
200
Practitioner identifier required on a prescription only for controlled substance medications
What is DEA number (and CTP number)?
200
Pharmacy contact information not required by Ohio Law as part of a prescription label but often included
What is pharmacy phone number?
200
1 cap q4-6h prn
What is: Take 1 capsule by mouth every 4 to 6 hours as needed?
200
This soft drink was invented by pharmacist, John Pemberton
What is Pepsi?
300
Evaluation of patients’ prescription and medication data to ensure proper medication use
What is drug utilization review?
300
The first fill of a medication (*except opioid analgesics (CII-IV)) must occur within this time frame from the date it was written
What is 6 months?
300
Information provided on a prescription label that lets the patient know how much medication they have left
What are refills remaining?
300
2-3 puff BID
What is: Inhale 2-3 puffs by mouth twice daily?
300
The name of this pharmacy symbol represented as a cup or chalice with a snake twined around its stem and poised above it
What is the Bowl of Hygieia?
400
Process where pharmacist checks to ensure that the correct medication was prepared
What is verification?
400
Refills on non-controlled medications are valid within this time frame from the date it was written
What is 1 year?
400
Date on the label that is usually set for a year after the medication fill date
What is expiration date?
400
10 units SubQ TID pc
What is: Inject 10 units under the skin 3 times a day after meals?
400
Another pharmacy school located in Ohio (also where Dr. Schroeder earned her degree)
What is Ohio Northern University?
500
The only types of staff members allowed to provide patient counseling
Who are pharmacists or supervised interns?
500
Type of review required of pharmacists by Ohio Law prior to dispensing a prescription
What is prospective DUR?
500
Company that processes pharmaceutical drugs on an industrial scale
What is manufacturer?
500
1-2 gtt au q8h
What is: Instill (or Insert) 1-2 drops in both ears every 8 hours?
500
As of July 2017, there are this many accredited colleges of pharmacy in the United States
What is 138?
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