PHM 250 CH. 10&11 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the volume of medication contained in most ampules? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 mL to 20 mL
Which of the following critical sites should not be swabbed with sterile 70% IPA during sterile
compounding of an ample-based preparation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The filter needle
How does an IV technician access the fluid in the body of an ample? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅By
breaking the scored neck and removing the head of the ampule
Which of the following situation is not a possible consequence from an improperly open ampule? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Damage to the hood's prefilter
What supply item is used to score the neck of an ampule? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A metal file
Prior to injecting the ampule's contents into a compounded sterile preparation, sterile compounding
personnel must filter the solution. How is this done? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅By passing the solution
through a single-direction filter needle
Which of the following methods can sterile compounding personnel use when opening ampules? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Placing an IPA swab over the ampule's neck during the opening process.
Placing a piece of sterile gauze over the ampule's neck during the opening process.
Using gloved hands to break the ample's neck.
Why is air not injected into an ampule during fluid withdrawal? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The ampule is
an open container.
What steps should and IV technician follow to with draw the correct fluid volume from an ampule? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The IV technician should 1)point the needle and syringe unit downward into the
liquid; 2)draw up at least 0.5 mL more than the desired dose; 3) Cap the needle; 4)tap The syringe to
, force bubbles to the syringe tip; 5)pull down on the plunger and then slowly push it up to expel excess
air.
Which of the following directives should not be followed when opening an ampule? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The head of the ampule should be discarded in the waste container.
How can you tell a filter needle from a regular needle? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A filter needle has a
small internal filter housed within the hub of the needle, and a regular needle does not have a filter.
How is the withdrawal procedure different between an ampule and a vial? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
ampule is kept upright and the vial is inverted.
After the neck of an ampule has been broken and the head removed, what type of container is the
ampule now considered to be? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An open, single-use container
How is the insertion of a filter needle and a regular needle into an IVPB base solution bag alike? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Both needles are directly inserted into the tail injection port without regard to
the position of the needle bevel and without any bend to the needle.
What unique danger is an IV technician exposed to during an ampule-based sterile compounding
procedure? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Broken glass
How are vial medications and ample medications alike? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Once injected into an
IVPB base solution, the resulting CSP generally is isotonic, isoosmotic, and pH neutral.
What procedure must be followed when compounding an ampule-based preparation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅To use one regular needle and one filter needle, but the same needle is not used to both
withdraw and inject fluid
What guidelines should be for the preparation and compounding of ampule-based medications? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Guidelines of USP chapter 797, which are reflected in a facility policy and
procedure manual
What is the volume of medication contained in most ampules? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1 mL to 20 mL
Which of the following critical sites should not be swabbed with sterile 70% IPA during sterile
compounding of an ample-based preparation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The filter needle
How does an IV technician access the fluid in the body of an ample? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅By
breaking the scored neck and removing the head of the ampule
Which of the following situation is not a possible consequence from an improperly open ampule? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Damage to the hood's prefilter
What supply item is used to score the neck of an ampule? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A metal file
Prior to injecting the ampule's contents into a compounded sterile preparation, sterile compounding
personnel must filter the solution. How is this done? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅By passing the solution
through a single-direction filter needle
Which of the following methods can sterile compounding personnel use when opening ampules? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Placing an IPA swab over the ampule's neck during the opening process.
Placing a piece of sterile gauze over the ampule's neck during the opening process.
Using gloved hands to break the ample's neck.
Why is air not injected into an ampule during fluid withdrawal? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The ampule is
an open container.
What steps should and IV technician follow to with draw the correct fluid volume from an ampule? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The IV technician should 1)point the needle and syringe unit downward into the
liquid; 2)draw up at least 0.5 mL more than the desired dose; 3) Cap the needle; 4)tap The syringe to
, force bubbles to the syringe tip; 5)pull down on the plunger and then slowly push it up to expel excess
air.
Which of the following directives should not be followed when opening an ampule? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The head of the ampule should be discarded in the waste container.
How can you tell a filter needle from a regular needle? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A filter needle has a
small internal filter housed within the hub of the needle, and a regular needle does not have a filter.
How is the withdrawal procedure different between an ampule and a vial? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The
ampule is kept upright and the vial is inverted.
After the neck of an ampule has been broken and the head removed, what type of container is the
ampule now considered to be? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An open, single-use container
How is the insertion of a filter needle and a regular needle into an IVPB base solution bag alike? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Both needles are directly inserted into the tail injection port without regard to
the position of the needle bevel and without any bend to the needle.
What unique danger is an IV technician exposed to during an ampule-based sterile compounding
procedure? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Broken glass
How are vial medications and ample medications alike? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Once injected into an
IVPB base solution, the resulting CSP generally is isotonic, isoosmotic, and pH neutral.
What procedure must be followed when compounding an ampule-based preparation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅To use one regular needle and one filter needle, but the same needle is not used to both
withdraw and inject fluid
What guidelines should be for the preparation and compounding of ampule-based medications? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Guidelines of USP chapter 797, which are reflected in a facility policy and
procedure manual
