MIDTERM 01 - Prescription Order Flashcards
Is a legal document or order written by a qualified health care professional for diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of a specific patient’s disease
Prescription
Contains the name of doctor or office, address with phone number and email, prescription number, and license number (Parts of a prescription)
Prescriber information
Contains the patient’s name, age, weight, gender, and address; it is used to confirm the identity of the patient (Parts of a prescription)
Patient information
It refers to the date the prescription was made; it protects the patient from abusing a medication that is habit-forming (Parts of a prescription)
Date
It contains the Latin symbol Rx which means take thou (Parts of a prescription)
Superscription
The superscription contains the Latin symbol “Rx” which means __________
Take thou
Was the Greek god of healing
Jupiter
It contains information about the drug’s composition and dose (Parts of a prescription)
Inscription
It contains instructions for the pharmacist on how to produce a dose (Parts of a prescription)
Subscription
It contains instructions for the patient; it includes how and when should the medicines are taken (Parts of a prescription)
Signatura/Signa/Transcription
Brand name comes before the generic name (Types of prescription error)
Erroneous
Generic name is in the parenthesis (Types of prescription error)
Erroneous
Brand name is not in parenthesis (Types of prescription error)
Erroneous
Fill the prescription and report to DOH (Types of prescription error)
Erroneous
No generic name is included (Types of prescription error)
Violative
Generic name is not readable or legible but brand name is legible (Types of prescription error)
Violative
“No substitution” is included (Types of prescription error)
Violative
Do not fill prescription and report to DOH (Types of prescription error)
Violative, Impossible
Brand name and generic name are illegible (Types of prescription error)
Impossible
Brand name does not match with generic name (Types of prescription error)
Impossible
Medicine is not registered with the FDA (Types of prescription error)
Impossible
The pharmacist must get the prescription; while accepting the prescription, a pharmacist should not alter his/her facial expression in any way (Procedures in handling prescription)
Receiving
Behind the counter, the prescription should be checked after it is received (Procedures in handling prescription)
Reading and checking
Materials should be retrieved from shelves or drawers prior to compounding; check for the calibration of the apparatus used for weighing (Procedures in handling prescription)
Collecting and weighing
Compounding must be carefully carried out in accordance with the pharmacopoeia or formulary instructions; the container should be clearly marked with a label (Procedures in handling prescription)
Compounding, labeling, and packaging
The handwritten prescription might be difficult to read in some cases (Sources of error in prescription)
Legibility
To recheck the entire medicine, no one is accessible to do so (Sources of error in prescription)
Checking
The dispenser needs additional time to adequately manage a large number of customers (Sources of error in prescription)
Too many customers/patients
Every dispenser should focus on prescription; dispenser should be attentive at all times (Sources of error in prescription)
Lack of concentration
The use of mobile phones during business hours should be avoided (Sources of error in prescription)
Too many phone calls and social media
Experience is very crucial in this field; one must familiarize with the list of drugs in the pharmacy and read reference materials (Sources of error in prescription)
Lack of experience
