Pharmacy Tech Flashcards
Law requires products to include a list of all ingredients
FFDCA
Product that is misrepresented on its label
Misbranding
Products that is adulterated
Fails to comply with the standards for quality strength purity of the product
Eszopiclone
Lunesta
Autoimmune disease in which the thyroid is overactive and produces excessive amounts of thyroid hormones
Graves’ disease
Sharps container
When broken glass and needles should be discarded
Name of programs that provide safe disposal of unwanted prescription medications
Take back programs
Not used to treat high cholesterol
Nexium
Action of reducing a material to small particles
Comminution
Law for 2 specific categories of medications prescription and over the counter
Durham Humphrey amendment
Red book
Drug pricing
Orange book
Therapeutic equivalence evaluations
Prozac
Fluoxetine
List of medications available for use within a healthcare system
Formulary
Does not treat insomnia
Chantix
Loratarine
Antihistamine
Which government entity approves medications for patient use in the US
Food and drug administration (FDA)
Where to find information about the pharmacology of a drug
PPI
Side effect of warfarin
Internal bleeding
Federal law which requires pharmacists to review Medicaid recipients entire drug profile before filling their prescriptions
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
Maximum capacity for class A balance
120 g
Fexofenadine
Antihistamine
PPO plans
Provides substantial discount below the regular rates of the medical professionals who are in the network
Act of Congress addresses the privacy and security of health data
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Type of medications require frequent blood testing to ensure their levels in the body are within adequate therapeutic range
Narrow Therapeutic Index (NTI) medications
USP 795
Dictates requirements and regulations for non-sterile compounding
3 parts of syringe
Plunger barrel needle
Device for mixing suspension
Glass mortar and pestle
Pharmacy technician roles
Enter prescription orders
Package label prescriptions
Operate automated dispensing systems
Maintain inventories
Arrange for patients to speak with pharmacists
Take and review medication histories
Process insurance claims
Verify other technicians work
Compound no sterile and sterile preparations
Reconcile medications
Manage other technicians
Assist with immunization
Adverse events and medication error submitted to which FDA reporting system
Medwatch
Covers inpatient hospital stay
Medicare part A
Questions pharmacy technicians ask
Brand vs generic names
Drug availability
Preparation
Pricing
Storage stability
Asking for ingredients of drugs
Cialis
Tadalafil
Viagra
Sildenafil
Effexor XR
Venlafaxine
Zyprexa
Olanzapine
Nexium
Esomeprazole
Advair diskus
Fluticasone/salmeterol
Prilosec
Omeprazole
Concerta
Despiramine
Aderral
Amphetamine/dextroamphetamine
Prozac
Fluoxetine
Pataday
Olopatadine
Restasis
Cyclosporine
USP 795
Dictates requirements and regulations for nonsterile compunding
Mixing suspensions
Glass mortar and pestle
Compound documentation requirements
Product names amount/strength
Lot number
Ppl preparing compound
Date of preparation
Storage requirements
BUD
Labeling requirements for all prescriptions
5 steps in processing a prescription
Receiving prescription
Translating prescription
Entering prescription into the pharmacy computer system
Filling the prescription
Verifying prescription and providing patient consultation
NDC
National drug code
10 digit: labeler, drug, package size
Room temperature range
69-77
Bonita
Ibandronate
Enbrel
Etanercept
Vesicare
solifenacin
Days supply
Amount of time a prescription will last
Dulera
Ipratropium bromide/albuterol
NDC used for
Confirm the drug selected is the correct one for the prescription being filled
Expiration date of unit dose packaged drug
6 months
Avodart
Dutaseride
Dexilant
Dexlansoprazole
pulv
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