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✔✔What are the minimum mAs required by a radiology machine for veterinary use? -
✔✔100 mAs.
✔✔What must all drugs be labeled with in the pharmacy? - ✔✔Drug name, strength,
expiration date.
✔✔How must drugs be dispensed from the pharmacy? - ✔✔In child resistant containers
(unless specific written request not to).
✔✔What must every container dispensed from the pharmacy be labeled with? -
✔✔Name of drug contained, strength and quantity, expiration date, instructions, name
and species of pet, last name of owner, name, address, and phone of prescribing
veterinarian.
✔✔What are blood storage or donor requirements? - ✔✔There must be blood storage,
or a blood donor must be available.
✔✔What type of door must separate pharmacy and waiting room? - ✔✔NOT a glass
door.
✔✔Controlled drugs must be labeled with when dispensed: - ✔✔Dated and signed on
the date issued, full name and address of the patient, drug name, strength, dosage
form, quantity prescribed, directions for use, name, address, and DEA number of the
practitioner.
✔✔How must the veterinarian's signature be performed for controlled drugs? -
✔✔Manually signed. A secretary or nurse may prepare the script for the practitioner's
signature.
✔✔How frequently must drugs in the pharmacy be inspected? - ✔✔At least every 12
months.
✔✔What should be done with expired drugs? - ✔✔They should be quarantined
(physically separated from other drugs).
✔✔Are drug samples allowed to be sold? - ✔✔No.
✔✔Is DMSO approved for human drug use? - ✔✔No.
✔✔How should DMSO be labeled? - ✔✔Clearly marked with at least 12 pt bold font:
"May be unsafe. Not approved for human use."
, ✔✔What are legend drugs? - ✔✔Prescription drugs, any drug or active ingredient
described by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
✔✔What is a veterinary legend drug? - ✔✔A legend drug solely for veterinary use.
✔✔What is a pedigree paper? - ✔✔A document or electronic form containing
information that records each distribution of any given legend drug until final sale to a
pharmacy or other person administering or dispensing the drug.
✔✔What are the consequences of failing to deliver or acquire complete pedigree
papers? - ✔✔3rd degree felony.
✔✔What are the consequences of prescribing a controlled or legend drug in excessive
quantities? - ✔✔$2000 fine + one year probation.
✔✔How should Schedule 2 drug logs be kept? - ✔✔Separate from other Scheduled
drugs.
✔✔How should Schedule 3,4,5 drug logs be kept? - ✔✔Separate from Schedule 2 drug
logs, and in such a form that they are readily retrievable from the ordinary business
records of the practitioner.
✔✔How long should controlled drug logs be kept? - ✔✔2 years.
✔✔How frequently should controlled drugs be inventoried (including samples)? - ✔✔At
least every 2 years.
✔✔An adulterated drug is any drug that: - ✔✔Consists in whole or in part of any filthy,
putrid, or decomposed substance; has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under
conditions whereby it could have been contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to
health; the drug and the methods used in its preparation do not conform with good
manufacturing practices; the container is composed of any poisonous or deleterious
substance; it has a color additive that is unsafe; it is expired; it is mixed with another
substance to reduce its strength; it's been returned by a veterinarian to a wholesaler; it's
a legend drug with no pedigree papers; or its strength or purity differs from what is
stated on the label.
✔✔How must you label otitis externa medication that you prepared? - ✔✔List the
common name and quantity of active ingredients, put everything else you normally put
on a label (prescriber, address, pet and address, quantity, directions, strength,
warnings).