Pharmacy Technician Correct answers latest update

Pharmacy Technician Correct answers latest update For NDC numbers what does each section indicate? 1) First five is manufacturer 2) Next four indicate drug and strength 3) Last two indicate package size What control cannot have refills? C2 What about other controls , how many refills can they have? C3-C5 , only max five refills. The prescription is good up to six months from when it is written For non controls, what is the maximum refills allowed? 11, and it is good for up to one year from when it is written What does the DEA number consist of? Two letters (First one being A B F or M) (Second letter is the physician's last name) Followed by seven numbers What do you do the seven numbers of the DEA number? -First , third , and fifth you add together -Second, fourth, and sixth you add then multiply the sum by 2 -Add those two number products together and you get the last digit What does sig mean? Take thou Before meals ac Right ear ad Morning am Left ear as As soon as possible ASAP Both ears au Twice a day bid With c Cubic centimeter cc Day d Dispense as written DAW Discontinue dc Drop gtt Hour h At bedtime hs One i Two ii Three iii Four iv Right eye od Opthalmic, also what doe it mean opth , for the eye Left eye os Otic , what is it for? For the ear Each eye ou Not to exceed nte After meals pc After p Evening pm By mouth po In rectum pr As needed prn In vagina pv Every q Every day or daily qd Every four hours q4h Four times daily qid Every other day qod Quantity sufficient to make qs Add quantity to make specific volume qsad Without s One-half ss Directions sig Under the tongue sl At once or now stat Suppository supp Three times daily tid As directed ad What are NSAIDS Antidepressants and non steroidal inflammatory drugs What are auxiliary labels used for? Provide additional information about the proper use of a drug that is not included in the directions What is a Class I recall A situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure will cause serious adverse health consequences or death What is a Class II recall A situation in which use of or exposure may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health effects or where the probability of serious health consequences is remote What is a Class III recall A situation in which use of or exposure is not likely to cause adverse health consequences What is United Pharmacopeia for and what is other use information about it Drug standards, required in the pharmacy setting USP Drug Information has how many volumes and what is written in each volume? Volume I - Information for the health professional Volume II - Advice for patient Volume III - Approved drug products and legal requirements Remington's Pharmaceuticals , information provided and other things useful about it Information for compounding purposes; contains physical characteristics of different drugs and recipes Facts and Comparisons, information provided and other useful info? Drug info; Easy to read, most updated reference source; most used drug info reference for pharmacists Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) What info does it provide and other useful info? Info about drugs or mainly inserts from drug manufacturers ; limited info as the book is dependent on which drug inserts are included; difficult to read American Drug Index, what info does it provide? Brief info about all trade and generic drugs available Handbook Over the Counterall Drugs Info on all the OTC drugs on the market, includes active and inactive ingredients Handbook Injectable Drugs Info about solutions drug drug compatibilities ; includes charts that indicate compatibility of drugs and IV solutions Redbook Information concerning the average wholesale pricing prescriptions for insurance or third party processing The Orange Book Listing therapeutic equivalences of drugs Four types of US Laws and what branch it corresponds to Constitutional - Drawn from Constitution and Bill of Rights Legislative - Legislative branch (US Congress and state legislatures) Administrative - Executive branch (President or state governor and their cabinets) Common Law/Case Law - Judicial branch of the government (The court system) Legal system is divided into three parts: what is each Criminal law being enforced by a state representative against persons or companies Civil law, a plaintiff will bring a suit against an alleged defendant Contract law pertains to an agreement between two or more parties and is typically enforced in civil court What does criminal law pertain to ? Punishment? Pertain to violations of criminal statutes and codes. Punishment is monetary fines, imprisonment, or death in certain cases. What are the two categories of civil law? Misdemeanors: Lesser crimes that are punishable by monetary fines and/or imprisonment of less than one year Felonies : Punishable by larger fines and imprisonment of more than one year Many cases your license gets revoked Ex: Stealing drugs from the pharmacy Civil wrongdoings are referred as what? What is that? Tort - injury, either physical or nonphysical, that inflicted on another person by said person Person who caused the injury is legally responsible for their actions What are the injuries that are addressed in torts Assault, battery, fraud, libel, slander, theft, negligible, wrongful death What are most civil laws concerning? Ex? Against healthcare professionals with malpractice, the failure to exercise reasonable care. Almost always monetary , in an effort to rectify the damage inflicted on the plaintiff ex: A technician has either performed a duty outside the scope of his or her practice or acted negligently which resulted in injury or death of a patient What does contract law deal with?