ICH - PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICE - ORDERS FOR DRUGS; STANDING ORDERS; STOP ORDERS; ORDER PROCESSING; ORDER RECORDS; PERSONAL MEDICATIONS

Question 1

In ICF, no drugs shall be administered except on the order of a person lawfully authorized to proscribe for and treat ___ illness.

1. Cancer
2. Biological
3. Human
4. Veteranarian

Answer 1

3. Human

Question 2

In ICF, All orders shall be in writing and signed by the person giving the order. name, quantity or duration of therapy, dosage and time of administration of the drug, the route of administration if other than oral and the site of injection when indicated shall be specified. TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

In ICF, telephone orders may be given only to a licensed pharmacist or licensed nurse and shall be immediately recorded in the pts health record and shall be signed by the prescriber with ___ hours.

1. 24
2. 36
3. 48
4. 72

Answer 3

3. 48

Question 4

In ICF, every facility shall use any standing order for medications or treatments. TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 4

FALSE

Question 5

In ICF, written policies shall be established limiting the ___ of drug therapy, in the absence of a prescriber’s specific indication of duration of therapy.

1. Establishment
2. Duration
3. Understanding
4. All of the above

Answer 5

2. Duration

Question 6

In ICF, the prescriber shall be contacted for new orders prior to the termination time established by facility policy. TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

In ICF, ___ orders for drugs shall be transmitted to the issuing pharmacy as directly as possible, either by written prescription of the prescriber by an order form which produces a direct copy of the order or by an electronically reproduced facsimile.

1. Written
2. Standing
3. Verbal
4. None of the above

Answer 7

1. Written

Question 8

In ICF, facilities shall maintain a record which includes, for each drug ordered by prescription,the drug name, strength and quantity, the name of the pt, the date ordered, the date received and the name of the issuing pharmacy.  The records shall be kept at least \_\_\_ year(s).
1. One
2. Two
3. Five
4, Ten

Answer 8

1. One

Question 9

In ICF, medications brought by or with the pt to the facility shall not be used, unless all of the following conditions are met:

1. The drugs have been ordered by the pts physician and the order entered in the pts health record.
2. The medication containers are clearly and properly labeled.
3. The contents of the containers have been examined and positively identified after admission by the pts physician or a pharmacist retained by the facility.
4. All the above

Answer 9

4. All the above