2.3) Categories of Pharmacy

Question 1

Define Phramacy

Answer 1

any place wherein or from which any service specifically pertaining to the scope of practice of a pharmacist is provided

Question 2

Which section of the pharmacy act stipulates the requirements to obtain a license for a pharmacy

Answer 2

Section 22 of the Pharmacy Act 53 of 1974

Question 3

Where can the scope of a pharmacist be found

Answer 3

In the GPP standards

Question 4

Name the different sectors of Pharmacy

Answer 4

Community
instititutional
Industry/Manufacturing
Wholesale/distribution
Mobile
PHC clinics

Question 5

CP is also known as

Answer 5

Retail pharmacy

Question 6

What is a CP

Answer 6

Usually a store that provides the community with access to medications they need
-advice to promote safe and effective use of their medicines

Question 7

Funtion of professional personnel in CP

Answer 7

-helping patients with reimbursement of medicines thru medical aids
-supervising PSP
-keeping inventory stocked

Question 8

What can professional personnel tell their customers in CP

Answer 8

-what medicines may interact with one another/alcohol
-help prevent dangerous SEs or AEs

Question 9

Define IP

Answer 9

where medication management occurs in a hospital, medical clinic or nursing home

Question 10

Professional personnel in IP work closely with

Answer 10

other health professionals to ensure that medication regimen for each patient is optimised to achieve the best outcomes

Question 11

Professional personnel in IP may also be involved in

Answer 11

-clinical trials
-compunding medications for individualised dosing
-sterilised medications

Question 12

Administrative functions in IP

Answer 12

selecting, proper storage, distribution and prescription protocols of medicines
-assessing mediation levels
safety

Question 13

Professional personnel in IP may deal with

Answer 13

inpatient or outpatient

Question 14

Industry/Manufacturing Pharmacy involves

Answer 14

pharmaceutical industry

Question 15

I/M Pharmacy includes

Answer 15

research, production, packaging, QC, marketing and sales of pharmaceutical goods

Question 16

Professional personnel in IMP may work

Answer 16

-as a rep for a particular pharmaceutical company to advocate for the use of its products
-to inform practitioners about their actions and benefits

Question 17

Compounding pharmacy involves

Answer 17

production and preparation of medicines in new forms

Question 18

Forms of medicines in compounding pharmacy

Answer 18

these forms may include reformulating a powder tablet to a solution, which can assist in administering the active ingredient to specific patients

Question 19

WDP involves

Answer 19

distributing medicine and involved products from the manufacturer/importer
to service delivery point

Question 20

Egs of service delivery points in WDP

Answer 20

CP
IP clinic
MP Practice

Question 21

Professional personnel in WDP are involved in

Answer 21

responsible for stock reciept, stock control, stock distribution or QC

Question 22

MP is

Answer 22

mobile service that can meet patients where they are and therefore help to reduce the no. of hospital visits patients require

Question 23

MP provides

Answer 23

healthcare services to many patients in rural areas, particularly the geriatric population

Question 24

professional personnel in MP help

Answer 24

manage patients at higher risk of medicine-related problems or disease complications due to a lack of control over the condition

Question 25

MP personnel are part of

Answer 25

indirectly or directly employess of a managed healthcare organisation or part of the public healthcare service

Question 26

PHC aims to

Answer 26

-promote health -prevent illness -cure diseases -refer patient to a hospital where the need arises

Question 27

Dispensary in PHC operates

Answer 27

under managemnet of PT or PAPB under indirect supervision of a pharmacist

Question 28

PT in PHC is responsible for

Answer 28

-day to day management of dispensary as wells as other PSPs in clinic3