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1
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What term is used for a GSL medicine that a manufacturer wishes to restrict sales/supplies through pharmacies only?

A

PO (pharmacy only)

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2
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What form of paracetamol and aspirin tablets has no legal limits on OTC sale and supply?

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Effervescent

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3
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What are both P and GSL medicines both classified as?

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OTC

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4
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What is the maximum number of days treatment is recommended for any OTC products containing code in or dihydrocodeine?

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Three

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5
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What is the maximum number of paracetamol tablets that you can purchase OTC before a prescription is needed?

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100

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6
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What is the maximum amount of pseudophedrine , in mg, that can be sold without a prescription at any one time?

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720 mg

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7
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What is when “supplying a part of prescription and a patient will come back to collect the remainder of” called?

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Owings

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8
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What does phase 1 of a clinical trial involve?

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Healthy people, how the medicine works, side effects at higher doses

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9
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What is phase 2 in a clinical trial?

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Assess to see if the drug works in patients with a particular condition or disease

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What is phase 3 of a clinical trial?

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To see how well the medicine works in the general population

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What is phase 4 of a clinical trial?

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After the product has been licences, it looks at the long term harms and benefits of the medicine

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12
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What does the yellow card scheme report?

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Side effects

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13
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What is a black triangle warning?

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New chemicals and vaccines put on probation for two years

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14
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How many classes of alerts are there?

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4

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15
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Which class of alert is most alarming?

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Class 1

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16
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When should a class 1 alert be recalled?

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Immediately

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17
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When should a class two alert be recalled?

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Within 48 hours

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18
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When should a class 3 alert be recalled?

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Within 5 days

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19
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How long can the responsible pharmacist be absent for?

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2 hours

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20
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What are opioids derived from?

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Opium poppy

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21
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What class is of drug is heroin?

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Schedule 2, CD, POM drug

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22
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What is another name of heroin?

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Diamorphine (2 times more potent than morphine)

23
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How many schedules of CD drugs are there?

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5

24
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How many classes of CD are there?

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Three classes, A, B and C

25
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Which schedule of drugs has the strictest control?

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Schedule 1

26
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Which forms can the pharmacy record be?

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Written, electronic or both

27
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What details should the pharmacy record include?

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The responsible pharmacists name, registration number, date and time at which the responsible pharmacist became the responsible pharmacist, date and time at which the responsible pharmacist stopped being the responsible pharmacist

28
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What details should be in the pharmacy record if the responsible pharmacist is absent from the pharmacy?

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Date of absence, time at which the pharmacist left the premises, time at which the pharmacist returned to the pharmacy

29
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How long should the pharmacy owner/superintendent pharmacist keep the pharmacy record?

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Period of 5 years - the record must be available at the pharmacy to which it relates to

30
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Which formats can pharmacy procedures be kept in the pharmacy?

A

Writing, electronic and both forms

31
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How regularly is the pharmacy procedure reviewed?

A

Once every two years

32
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Can a responsible pharmacist make temporary amendments to the pharmacy procedures?

A

Yes

33
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What is the maximum duration a responsible pharmacist/s can be absent for and between what hours?

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2 hours, between midnight and midnight

34
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What should a responsible pharmacist do if they cannot remain contactable and return within promptness?

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Must arrange for another pharmacist to be contactable and available to provide advice

35
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How long does an owing slip last for POM and CD Sch 5

A

6 months from appropriate dTe

36
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How long do owings last for P and GSL

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6 months from appropriate date

37
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How long do owings last for Sch 2,3 and 4 CDs

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28 days after appropriate date

38
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How long should POM private prescriptions be retained for

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2 years from date of supply

39
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For how long are repeat electronic prescriptions dispensed for

A

Up to 12 months

40
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What can legally operate a retail pharmacy business in England?

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A body corporate

41
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In England do retail pharmacy business require all partners to be pharmacists.

A

Yes

42
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When should you make a record in the POM register

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On the date of the transaction or, if impractical, the following day

43
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When should a prescription for an emergency supply be sent through to a pharmacy when able to?

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Within 72 hours

44
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What is a supplementary prescriber

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Practitioner who prescribes within. And agreed patient specific written clinical management plan (CMP) agreed in partnership with a doctor or dentist

45
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What must be place for an SP (supplementary prescriber) to prescribe?

A

Clinical management plan

46
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Who can own a retail pharmacy?

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Pharmacist, partnership of pharmacist, body corporate or representative of a pharmacist

47
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Which parts of the UK require of partners of pharmacies to be pharmacists?

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England, Wales and Ireland

48
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Are schedule drugs 2 and 3 prescriptions repeatable?

A

No

49
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Which register should private prescriptions be recorded in and for how long?

A

In the POM register and must be retained for 2 years

50
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Who are non medical prescribers?

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Pharmacists, nurses, midwives, healthcare professionals

51
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What are the two types of prescribers?

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Supplementary and independent

52
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What are SOPs for?

A

System in place to understand and monitor and reduce risk to clients p

53
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How many days should the supple of emergency medications be p?

A

30 days of treatment or less

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