Brand/Generic
Laws/Regulations/Contr.Subst.
Medication safety/QA
Pharmacy Tech Overview
Steril/NS, compounding,unit does , and repackaging
100

Atenolol

What is TENORMIN

100

Mandatory for Contr. Subst. Rx's but not on non-controlled rx's

What is DEA NUMBER

100

Your assisting a patient picking up an rx, what information should be used to verify the patients identity?

what is
Date of Birth

100

What agency should a pharmacy staff member contact if controlled substances are stolen from the pharmacy?

What is 

the DEA

100

What piece of PPE should a tech put on first when preparing to compound drugs?

What is
Shoe covers

200

Vicodin

What is HYDROCODONE & APAP 

200

According to HIPAA,

a new patient should sign

What is 

Acknowledgement of notice of privacy practices

200

What safety feature should be used to distinguish between medications with names that look or sound alike?

What is
Tall Man lettering

200

A tech should recognize that which word part is placed at the end of a medical term?

What is
Suffix

200

A tech should identify that a laminar flow hood's HEPA filter should be inspected and certified how often?

What is
Every 6 months

300

CEPHALEXIN

KEFLEX 


300

When verifying a prescribers DEA #, Which of the following parts should be multiplied by 2?

What is
The sum of the second, fourth, and sixth digits

300

Which of the following organizations collects information about undesirable effects that occur after immunizations?

What is
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)

300
A pharmacy technician can assist pharmacist with medication therapy management by performing patient assessments. True or False

What is
False

300

A tech is performing continuous sterile compounding. How often should the tech clean their work surface during the process?

What is
Every 30 minutes

400

NORTRIPTYLINE

PAMELOR

400

What sublingual medication is an exception to the mandate for Child-resistant caps on prescription medication containers?

what is

NITROGLYCERIN 

400

A tech notices that a prescription is missing the route of administration. A tech should recognize that this falls into which medication error categories?

What is
Prescribing error

400

A technician should recognize that the a varicella vaccine should be stored where?

What is
A Freezer

400

A technician is preparing a 0.2% hydrocortisone ointment, but the pharmacy only has 2.5% hydrocortisone ointment available. What should be used to dilute the ointment?

What is
Petroleum Jelly

500

AMPHETAMINE/DEXTROAMPHETAMINE

ADDERALL

500

Exempt Narcotics should be included in which if the following controlled substance schedules?

What is
Schedule V

500

Medication Errors should be reported to which agency?

What is
Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)

500

A technician should report an adverse drug event to who?

What is
FDA MEDWATCH

500

A tech is preparing to measure a liquid. Which piece of equipment should be used to perform this task?

What is
Graduated Cylinder