Unit 1-3 Test Review Questions Flashcards
A fairly new technology that uses radio signals to send and receive information is referred to as
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
Identifiable information related to a patient’s medical condition is referred to as
protected health information (PHI)
Labels that indicate warnings and side effects are known as _______ labels.
Auxiliary Labels
_______ technology is used in many hospitals to verify that the correct medication is being dispensed to
the applicable patient.
Bar code
Refills are prohibited on which of the following drug schedules?
Schedule ll
When the patient comes into the pharmacy to pick up a prescription, the pharm tech must
ask if the patient has any questions for the pharmacist.
Chemotherapeutic agents should be handled according to the…
Material Safety Data Sheet
Hospital operating suites, cardiac and intensive care units, and emergency departments have
decentralized drug delivery systems that use…
satellite pharmacies
Liquid medications are dispensed in containers known as
ovals
The vial sizes for tablets and capsules range from _______ drams.
8–120
What is not a governing body for pharmacy policy and procedure?
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
In addition to requesting payment for the cost of medications and related dispensing costs, pharmacies
are now allowed to bill for
medication therapy management services.
Each medication within a pharmacy has a unique identifying number known as the
National Drug Code
The two key elements of any computer system are the _______ and the _______.
hardware, software
Mr. Steinmetz has returned to the pharmacy a day after he picked up a prescription for codeine tablets.
He wants to return them, saying he doesn’t need to take them. What is the proper procedure?
Explain that controlled substances can’t be returned after dispensing.
IV admixtures are prepared in _______ settings.
sterile
A patient’s prescription drug coverage under Medicare would be billed under which type of Medicare?
Part D
A hospital’s formulary is developed by a group of administrators, pharmacists, doctors, and other staff
members, collectively known as the
P & T committee
A patient arrives at your local pharmacy with a prescription for oxycodone with all of the required
information on the face of the prescription order. “Refill four times” is written at the bottom. You would
proceed as follows:
Refer the prescription to the pharmacist
Two or more computers connected together is referred to as a
network.
The Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962 required that a drug be
not only safe but effective
Quinine, which is found in the bark of the cinchona tree, is effective in
reducing fever and other symptoms associated with malaria.
What does the post-marketing surveillance phase of drug development include of?
includes surveys and reports of adverse reactions as well as consumer watchdog information.
A tragedy with which drug was responsible for the passage of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
of 1938 that required the establishment of drug safety standards?
Sulfanilamide