Laws/Acts
What does the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 do?
What does PHI stand for and what does it do?
Protected Health Information
Pharmacy staff may not disclose any information about a patient or medications they are dispensing.
What does the Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Control Program do?
DEA 41
Dispose controlled substances
How often does an inventory check for controlled substances occur?
What does the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 do?
Requires specific child-resistant packaging for any substance that can cause harm; except for nitroglycerin sublingual tablets
What does the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) do?
Supervises the development, testing, safety, and effectiveness of prescription and OTC medications.
The FDA has to approve medications before they are put on shelves.
What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) do?
Helps ensure safe and healthy working conditions by setting and enforcing standards for practices
DEA 222
Used to transfer C-II meds
Which medication is a C-III Drug?
a. testosterone
b. LSD
c. zolpidem
a. testosterone
What is the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 regulate?
It regulates retail sales of OTC medications that contain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine because they can be used to make methamphetamine
What does the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) do?
They regulate the sale and use of controlled medications
What does REMS stand for and what does it do?
Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies
It is a required plan to ensure benefits of prescriptions outweigh the risks
DEA 106
Used to report lost or theft of controlled substances
Every patient profile must undergo prospective and retrospective ______.
DUR's (Drug Utilization Reviews)
What is the Durham Humphrey Amendment?
It requires medication manufacturers to place labels stating "Caution Federal Law prohibits dispensing without a prescription" or "Rx only" on medications
What is FDA Medwatch?
A program you can report adverse reactions to medications and other products
What does the Institute for Safe Medication Practice (ISMP) do?
Updates and publishes lists online for references on medication safety information
USP <800>
New standards for handling hazardous materials such as facility design, garbing, cleaning, and administering
What medication would someone experiencing dementia take?
a. allopurinol
b. aripiprazole
c. donepezil
c. donepezil
What does the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA '90) require? (2 parts for points)
It requires...
all pharmacists to keep records (patient profiles) for all medications that medicaid recipients use
pharmacists to offer counseling to all medicaid recipients about the correct use of medications
What is a PMP and what does it do?
Prescription Monitoring Programs
Track controlled prescription medications dispensed within the state
What 3 things does the Joint Commission do? (all 3 for points)
Ensures quality patient care
Prevent Harm
Improves patient advocacy
What does USP <797> reflect changes in?
It reflects changes in the compounding field
Endings: (1/4 0 points 2/4 250 points 3/4 375 points)
ACE Inhib ____
Beta Blockers ____
Calcium Channel Blockers ____
Penicillin Meds ____
ACE Inhib -pril
Beta Blockers -olol
Calcium Channel Blockers -dipine
Penicillin Meds -icilin