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you are informed by a manufacturer that a drug is no longer being manufactured, what do you do?
Inform pharmacist to research alternatives
Mail-order, Nuclear, tele-pharmacy and Otology department, which is not a typical pharmacy setting?
Otology Department
intake of prescriptions and dosage calculations are the roles of who in community pharmacy?
pharmacy techs
Ethical or not ethical?
Telling a patient to wait for the pharmacist for a consultation, asking for clarification when you can not read a prescription, admitting that you made a mistake while inputting a prescription
ETHICAL
PTCB requires that you must have 1 credit in each of these categories?
pharmacy law & medication and patient safety
Pharmacy technician's roles have what in recent years?
Increased
To verify accuracy who is responsible for rechecking each prescription?
Pharmacist
name the duties of a pharmacy technician in a home infusion pharmacy?
process inventory and supply orders
The use of professional judgment within your scope of practice that informs your actions and behaviors is the definition of what?
Ethics
Name 3 benefits of certification for pharmacy techs?
increased salary
increased trust by the pharmacist
increase standard of education
Name the organization that sets the standards for drug products including identity, strength, purity, packaging and labeling?
USP
United States Pharmacopeia
___________ individuals are allowed to enter the pharmacy area?
Authorized
printed labels for dispensed medication containers can be placed by whom?
pharmacist / Pharm tech
Pharmacy tech licenses must renewed every ______?
2 years
Military personnel were what ?
The first pharmacy technicians
Monitoring inventory, inputting patient info and repackaging (unit dosing) are all duties of who?
CPhT / pharmacy tech
_____________are legally permitted to counsel patients regarding their prescriptions?
Pharmacists
Who can order a prescription?
physicians
CE credits must be approved by what organization?
By 2015, only _______________specific CE hours will be accepted?
Pharmacy techs need to complete_____hours every ___ years?
ACPE
Pharmacy tech
20 hours / 2 years
Who is responsible for ensuring patient understanding of their medications?
Pharmacist
What type of pharmacy is the fastest growing?
mail-order
Consultation and distribution of patients are done by pharmacists in what setting?
long-term care facilities
In California what is the ratio tech to pharmacist
1:1 & 3:2
The PTCE consists of __________ multiple choice questions and is a ______________exam that takes ______ hours
90 / computer based / 2
Filling unit of use medications and preparing intravenous admixtures are done in which pharmacy setting?
hospital