Module 1
This organization is responsible for accrediting pharmacy technician training programs.
What is ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) or ACPE (Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education)?
This abbreviation means "three times daily."
What is TID?
This is the abbreviation for "by mouth."
What is PO?
A prescription is written by a prescriber for a patient to use at this location.
What is home?
This act, passed in 1906, established the FDA and required drug labeling.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
A licensed healthcare professional with a PharmD degree who oversees pharmacy operations.
$300: This person works under the supervision of a pharmacist and assists with medication preparation and dispensing.
Translate this sig into patient language: "i tab po bid x 10 days"
What is "Take one tablet by mouth twice daily for 10 days"?
An example of an oral dosage form is this.
What is a tablet, capsule, or liquid?
This item is required on a prescription but NOT on a medication order.
What is the number of refills?
This historical figure documented medicinal plants and established ethical principles in healthcare.
Who is Hippocrates?
This person works under the supervision of a pharmacist and assists with medication preparation and dispensing.
What is a pharmacy technician?
This is the correct translation for the abbreviation "QOD" on the Official Do Not Use list
What is "every other day"?
This route of administration is abbreviated "IV."
What is intravenous?
In Texas, this type of healthcare professional can prescribe medications independently.
What is a physician (MD), dentist (DMD/DDS), or nurse practitioner (NP)?
This act, passed in 1970, established the DEA and drug scheduling system.
What is the Controlled Substances Act?
The purpose of accrediting pharmacy technician training programs is to ensure this.
What is quality standards and competent preparation of pharmacy technicians?
When transcribing a sig for nursing staff (medication order), you would write it this way instead of patient language.
What is using standard medical abbreviations (e.g., "1 tab PO BID")?
A topical cream would be applied to this route.
What is the skin?
A controlled substance Schedule II prescription requires this person's DEA number.
What is the prescriber's DEA number?
This pharmacist/chemist pioneered modern pharmacology and toxicology in the 1500s.
Who is Paracelsus?
A pharmacy technician trainee is best defined as this.
What is an individual enrolled in or recently completed a pharmacy technician program who is gaining practical experience under supervision?
These abbreviations are on the Official Do Not Use list because they can cause this.
What is medication errors?
The action verb used for rectal suppositories would be this.
What is "insert"?
This is the difference between a primary prescriber and a secondary prescriber.
What is that a primary prescriber has independent prescriptive authority, while a secondary prescriber works under supervision or delegation?
This historical event in the 2000s modernized pharmacy practice and patient safety through digital records.
What is the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)?