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Which crash box medication should have a "must be diluted" auxiliary label?
Potassium
You compounded a cream for Mr. Black. Which documentation would you find the
ingredients' lot numbers on?
Compounding record
Ms. Warner's non-sterile compound requires you to start with the smallest
quantity ingredient and add an equal amount of the second ingredient in a series
of steps. Which compounding technique is this called?
Geometric dilution
Pharmacy technicians are responsible for:
Restocking used crash boxes
Which medication dosage form needs a "shake well" auxiliary sticker?
Suspension
A technician performs a medication reconciliation in order to:
Prevent drug errors
The lab & medical tests section of the EMR will contain the patient's:
Vital signs
Express rubbing alcohol 70% as a decimal.
70/100= 0.7
A bar code on a drug unit-dose package usually contains which information?
Lot number
Calculate the amount of each ingredient for the following medication order:
Prepare 1,000 mL of D10W using D20W and D2.5W. Round to the tenths place.
428.6 mL of D20, 571.4 mL of D2.5
An electronic record of patient health information is also called a(n):
EMR
An epidural for childbirth pain is usually delivered to which area of the hospital?
OB/GYN
An admitting order is a medication order that is filled when the patient is:
First accepted into the hospital
Express the drug concentration for ethanol 70% v/v.
70 mL/100 mL
A duplication error occurs when a patient:
Takes two or more of the same medication
Where are ADCs commonly found in a hospital?
Nursing stations
A patient is to receive 1 L of PN solution at 125 mL/hr. What is the rate in gtt/min if
the drop set used is 10 gtt/mL? Round to the nearest tenths place.
20.8 gtt/min
Which medication needs a "do not shake" auxiliary sticker?
Epoetin solution
A discharge order is a medication order that is filled when the patient is: