And Answers
Dextrose 25% 1000 ml was ordered, you have only Dextrose 70% solution available.
How much of the Dextrose 70% solution will you use to fill this order? - Answer 357 ml
Dextrose 70%
A drug that produces genotoxicity is classified as what kind of drug? - Answer
Hazardous
A pharmacy is required to take inventory of all medications how often? - Answer
Biennially
What do parental routes offer? - Answer Most rapid absorption and the most direct and
reliable method of administering medications
What is the U.S. government sponsored program for low-income individuals? - Answer
Medicaid
What is an example of Tall Man lettering? - Answer fluOXETine and fluVOXAMine
What is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication dose
or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional
called? - Answer Medication Error
What type of filter removes 99.97% of particles and airborne microorganisms 0.3
microns or larger? - Answer High Efficiency Particulate Air Filter (HEPA)
What does the abbreviation IVPB stand for? - Answer Intravenous piggy back
How are compounded sterile preparations (CSP) risk levels determined? - Answer
Chemical, physical, and microbial contamination potential.
A patient is required to pay a specific dollar amount for each prescription. That is known
as a - Answer Copayment
What is the purpose of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 - Answer
To regulate retail sales of ephedrines, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine
, What is an educational/promotional initiative that was designed to emphasize the
responsibility of healthcare providers to identify and report adverse events related to the
use of medical products to the Food and Drug Administration? - Answer MEDWATCH
What does the first letter in the physician's DEA number identify? - Answer It identifies
the type of prescriber they are
Which part of Medicare will pay for a Shingles Shot? - Answer Medicare Part D
How is the payment that the patient pays at the time of a prescription transaction
decided? - Answer Deductible, Copayment and Coinsurance
What are anticoagulants used for? - Answer DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis), Pulmonary
emboli and Prophylaxis of systemic emboli after myocardial infraction.
Which statement bellow is true? - Answer a certified pharmacy technician can request a
refill on a prescription.
What information is obtained in a long term care facility's patient profile? - Answer Date
of Birth, Patient's name and Room number
What class of drugs does Diclofenac belong to? - Answer NSAID's
Translate directions: insert one suppository rectally every 12 hours for nausea and
vomiting. - Answer One supp rec q12 nv
What does the pharmacist check in the preparation of a parenteral admixture? - Answer
Correct additive amount, Particulate matter or other indication of incompatibility and
comparison of label against the original order is performed
What is an example of a contraindicated medication? - Answer Pseudoephedrine is
contraindicated in a patient with hypertension
Which medication listed below should not be taken with Aspirin? - Answer Clopidogrel
Which reference book is updated monthly, has information concerning new drugs and
information on drug to drug interaction? - Answer Facts and Comparisons
Which part of Medicare would you bill if a patient had a prescription for lancets and test
strips? - Answer Medicare Part B
Which medication is the pharmacy required to register with an approved program in
order to dispense? - Answer Clozaril
What is Fluconazole used to treat? - Answer Yeast Infections