IMMUNIZATION & ADMINISTRATION Flashcards
Name the 5 main types of vaccines.
Live attenuated, inactivated, toxoids, subunit, and conjugate vaccines.
These vaccines contain a version of the living virus or bacteria that has been weakened so that it cannot cause serious illness in people with health immune systems.
Live attenuated
These vaccines are made by killing the virus or bacteria during the process of making the vaccine.
Inactivated
These vaccines are made to protect the body from bacteria that produce toxins in the body.
Toxoids
These vaccines only include part of the virus or bacteria.
Subunit
These vaccines provide a substance that binds an antigen to the polysaccharide coating created by a bacteria trying to hide.
Conjugate
This committee develops recommendations for the use of vaccines in the US.
a) Administration Committee on Immunization Practices
b) Attenuated Committee on Immunization Practices
c) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
d) Available Committee on Immunization Practices
c) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
The ________ will choose vaccine and route of administration, the ________ will bill insurance and help ready the vaccine.
pharmacist, technician
The pharmacist acts under this from an issuing physician or other legally approved practitioner to be able to provide immunization services.
standing order
A patient should receive a VIS, or
Vaccine Information Statement
This is a safety program that is cosponsored by the FDA and CDC which collects info from patients, healthcare practitioners, and vaccine manufacturers regarding adverse vaccine effects.
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
Administration routes of vaccines include:
oral, nasal, intradermal, SQ, and IM
Common pharmacy vaccines should be store in the
fridge or freezer
Name the 2 types of controlled drug inventories.
Biennial and perpetual
Where should records be filed if time limitations on premises have expired?
off side at a secure location
If pharmacy records are past the legal requirement for us to hold them, they should:
be destroyed
If a schedule 3 drug if filled, and may be refilled 5 times within 6 months, when does the period start for when the prescription must be retained and how long is this?
It starts at the end of the 6 month period, and the total time retained will be 30 months.
When conducting inventory, you have one full bottle of Valium #100, and a partial bottle which has #50. What should the count of Valium be recorded as?
a) #150
b) 150%
c) 2 bottles
d) 1.5
d) 1.5
If there is a severe controlled substance discrepancy found in the inventory records, which DEA form must be filled out?
a) 222
b) 106
c) 41
d) 206
b) 106
If more than 5% of a pharmacy’s controlled substances are dispensed to a person other than the pharmacy, the pharmacy must do what?
a) Register as a licensed distributor
b) Obtain a separate license from the DEA
c) Purchaser must fill out form 222
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
This report gives indication to how well a pharmacy does it’s job.
Productivity
This report summarizes a pharmacy’s financial health for a given period.
Profit and Loss statement
Give 2 examples of non-controllable expenses.
Utilities and monthly rent
Give 2 examples of controllable expenses.
Wages and supplies
The measure of how much control a pharmacy has over its inventory is the calculation of
turns or turn rate
This is an indication of how long inventory sits on the shelf before it is sold.
turns or turn rate
How do you calculate turns?
pharmacy’s ending inventory ÷ pharmacy’s monthly gross sales
The ______ the # of turns you have, the ______ efficiently you use inventory dollars.
higher, more
