Regulatory Agencies
Which agency enforces workplace health and safety standards?
What is OSHA?
This law requires child-resistant packaging for most medications.
What is the Poison Prevention Packaging Act?
Adulteration focuses on a product’s _______.
What is purity and safety?
Which class of medical devices carries the highest risk?
What is Class III?
Pharmacy technicians must always prioritize _______.
What is patient safety?
Which agency provides immunization guidelines and tracks disease outbreaks?
What is the CDC?
This law ensures privacy and security for patient health information.
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
Misbranding focuses on accuracy and legality of
_________ .
What is labeling?
A pharmacy sells insulin syringes to patients. Which class of medical device does this fall under?
What is Class II?
What is the standards guiding tech behavior?
What is the Code of Ethics?
This agency oversees Medicare and Medicaid programs.
What is CMS?
Which act combats the illegal production and sale of methamphetamine?
What is the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005?
A medication is labeled as containing 50 mg of an active ingredient, but tests reveal it contains only 25 mg. Is this adulteration or misbranding?
What is misbranding AND adulteration?
Bandages and tongue depressors are examples of this device class.
What is Class I?
What are gray areas where there is no clear-cut, correct, or incorrect response or choice?
A pharmacy receives a notice about a drug recall due to contamination. Which agency likely issued the recall?
What is the FDA?
This law provides incentives for drug manufacturers to develop treatments for rare diseases. What is the name of the act?
What is the Orphan Drug Act?
A shipment of medications arrives, but the storage temperature was not maintained. Is this adulteration or misbranding?
What is adulteration?
Which class requires FDA Approval?
What is Class III?
You notice that a coworker consistently skips verifying the expiration dates on medications while restocking shelves. What should you do?
What is report the behavior to the pharmacist?
You’re working in a pharmacy and notice that a controlled substance is being stored improperly. Which agency should you report this to?
What is the DEA?
A patient is asking whether they must pay for a pharmacy consultation. Which law requires pharmacists to offer counseling to patients?
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)?
Which law prohibits both adulteration and misbranding of drugs?
What is the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?
Name two examples of Class III devices.
What are pacemakers, heart valves, implants, stents?
A patient asks if their new medication will interact with their blood pressure medication; what should you do?
What is refer the patient to the pharmacist?