EXAM 1

Question 1

Pharmacopeia

Answer 1

term coined in 1580 in
Bergamo, Italy

Question 2

Pharmakon

Answer 2

drug

Question 3

Poietin

Answer 3

make

Question 4

Dr. Spalding of NY (1817)

Answer 4

called for a
unified, national pharmacopeia

Question 5

U.S. divided into 4 districts and each
district met to…

Answer 5

discuss ideas and elect
delegates

Question 6

First United States Pharmacopeial
Convention

Answer 6

delegates met in Washington DC

Question 7

Ideas, recipes, and other items were…

Answer 7

considered and consolidated

Question 8

1820

Answer 8

-First United States Pharmacopeia published
-almost exclusively physicians at USP Convention

Question 9

United States
Pharmacopeia

Answer 9

-first met every 10 years, now meets
every 5 years
-non-governmental, nonprofit scientific
organization
-considers objective, science-based standards
-ensure quality of medications, dietary
supplements and some foods
-seven elected members and an Executive Director/Secretary person (8)

Question 10

1870

Answer 10

almost exclusively pharmacists at
USP Convention

Question 11

USP standards

Answer 11

mandated by law for
medications in the USA

Question 12

USP regulation

Answer 12

enforceable by the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Question 13

1852

Answer 13

American Pharmaceutical Association
(APhA)

Question 14

USP was the ONLY…

Answer 14

drug standard book available

Question 15

Many drugs commonly used but without scientific
merit were…

Answer 15

excluded from the USP

Question 16

Some pharmacists with the help of APhA published
the…

Answer 16

National Formulary of Unofficial Preparations

Question 17

1906

Answer 17

Shortened title to National Formulary (NF) as a
part of the 1906 Food and Drug Act

Question 18

USP and NF

Answer 18

-designated to establish legal standards for medicinal and therapeutic substances
-both became Official Compendia
-early editions are a source of recipes, directions, formula

Question 19

1975

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-USP purchases the NF and they are combined
-not published as a
single source until 1980

Question 20

monographs

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-legal documents
-standards must
be adhered to either in large-scale manufacture or small town compounding

Question 21

USP section

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includes all monographs of therapeutically active drug substances

Question 22

NF section

Answer 22

includes all monographs of pharmaceutical agents

Question 23

USP 795

Answer 23

-Nonsterile Compounding
-SC Board of Pharmacy uses this as a template for
pharmacy inspections
-pharmacies must incorporate the elements of 795 into their Policies and Procedures
-forever changed how we compound

Question 24

USP 797

Answer 24

-Sterile Compounding
-emphasis on microbial
contamination risk containment and
verification of this risk containment
-different facilities requirements
-need “ante-area” and “clean room”
-many more regulations than with 795

Question 25

USP 800

Answer 25

-Handling of Hazardous Drugs
-describes practice and quality standards for handling hazardous
drugs (HDs)
-promotes patient safety, worker safety, and Environmental
Protection
-handling HDs includes the receipt, storage,
compounding, dispensing, administration, and the disposal of sterile and non
sterile products and preparations

Question 26

compounding

Answer 26

creating a new dosage form of a medication
to suit a particular patient