PTCB Exam Questions And Answers
Latest Update Graded A+
Suffix used for histamine-2 blockers?
-tidine
Weight limit of a Class A balance
120mg
Not considered a possible abbreviation error based on the Joint Commission's Do Not Use list?
STAT instead of asap is acceptable
Barcode administration technology
Reduces medication errors by using a barcode on the patients label that matches the inpatient's bar
code on their wristband to verify the correct patient is being scanned before medication is
administered.
Ondansetron is for what
Nausea
Disease or condition of the musculoskeletal system
Osteoarthritis
Approximately how many medication errors occur in the US each year
1.5 million
BIN number of a health insurance card
Directs the claim to the correct third-party provider
2014 in Roman numerals
MMXIV
The root word lapar/o means
Abdomen
Not required on a non-controlled hard copy
Prescriber's DEA number
Salmeterol does what
Prevents asthma attacks and bronchospasms
What chapter of the USP addresses non-sterile compounding
795
, 3/8 + 2/5 equals
31/40
Harvey Wiley, chief chemist for the Bureau of Chemistry, helped to pass which act?
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
Definition of the suffix -stomy ?
Artificial opening
Not considered a manage care plan
PAPs - are for self-pay patients
Medication errors are the (blank) leading cause of preventable death and injuries in the US.
Third
3600 mL = ? L
3.6 L
Pharmacodynamics
How the action, effect, and breakdown of drugs happens in the body
In what year was the FDA formed
1906
Which medication error occurs when the prescribed dose is not administered as ordered?
Omission errors
Not a part of a syringe
Lumen
Third-party payers
Are contracted by insurance companies to collect payments and debts from patients
What incident helped to pass the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938?
The Sulfanilamide Tragedy
Deteriorated Drug errors are
Caused by using expired drugs or drugs whose chemical or physical potency and integrity had
somehow been compromised
Not a type of medication order
Blood testing
Latest Update Graded A+
Suffix used for histamine-2 blockers?
-tidine
Weight limit of a Class A balance
120mg
Not considered a possible abbreviation error based on the Joint Commission's Do Not Use list?
STAT instead of asap is acceptable
Barcode administration technology
Reduces medication errors by using a barcode on the patients label that matches the inpatient's bar
code on their wristband to verify the correct patient is being scanned before medication is
administered.
Ondansetron is for what
Nausea
Disease or condition of the musculoskeletal system
Osteoarthritis
Approximately how many medication errors occur in the US each year
1.5 million
BIN number of a health insurance card
Directs the claim to the correct third-party provider
2014 in Roman numerals
MMXIV
The root word lapar/o means
Abdomen
Not required on a non-controlled hard copy
Prescriber's DEA number
Salmeterol does what
Prevents asthma attacks and bronchospasms
What chapter of the USP addresses non-sterile compounding
795
, 3/8 + 2/5 equals
31/40
Harvey Wiley, chief chemist for the Bureau of Chemistry, helped to pass which act?
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
Definition of the suffix -stomy ?
Artificial opening
Not considered a manage care plan
PAPs - are for self-pay patients
Medication errors are the (blank) leading cause of preventable death and injuries in the US.
Third
3600 mL = ? L
3.6 L
Pharmacodynamics
How the action, effect, and breakdown of drugs happens in the body
In what year was the FDA formed
1906
Which medication error occurs when the prescribed dose is not administered as ordered?
Omission errors
Not a part of a syringe
Lumen
Third-party payers
Are contracted by insurance companies to collect payments and debts from patients
What incident helped to pass the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938?
The Sulfanilamide Tragedy
Deteriorated Drug errors are
Caused by using expired drugs or drugs whose chemical or physical potency and integrity had
somehow been compromised
Not a type of medication order
Blood testing
