Pharmacy Practice Exam III Study Guide

What would be the best move for an aspiring pharmacy tech who may move in the future?

Which is the appropriate type of gown to when working with hazardous compounds?

How many continuing education credits in pharmacy law are required by both the PTCB and NHA for recertification?

What is the proper technique for disposal of patient protected information in the pharmacy?

New EPA rules simplify requirement for shipping hazardous drug waste to disposal facilities.

If you want to know what abbreviations are considered unsafe, where would you check?

Owner of independent pharmacy wants to evaluate the pharmacy's level of medication safety. What tool can help with this?

Mfg of base IV bag solutions will often____each bag to accommodate for fact that IV bag may be stored for long periods.

As a pharm tech, you may help your hospital meet requirements of USP 797. What specialized certification would you need?

Where should the empty vials that held HDs be disposed?

A pharmacy tech refuses to fill a prescription for Plan B to a young woman due to a personal belief. This is a(n) ______

If you work another job & have an interview scheduled right after a shift, how can you best prepare for the interview?

One of the main purposes of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was to________

What is the advantage for a pharmacy tech to pursue continuing education, basic life support or phlebotomy certificates?

A patient's spouse died & she has a box of meds she wants to dispose of safely. What's the best way to dispose of them?

Which of these drugs requires a MedGuide to be dispensed with a prescription to warn the patient of serious side effects

There was a spill of a hazardous drug outside of the Class IIB Biological Safety Cabinet. Who cleans it up & with what?

Which is a common measure implemented by pharmacies to prevent drug theft by employeees?

The EPA considers all expired drugs to be __________

When mixing different elements of a TPN, a white precipitant forms. What reference s/b checked to see what caused it?

Who is responsible for the Practice Advancement Initiative propelling forward pharmacy practice for pharmacists & techs?

Your mother asks you to check on her friend who was admitted to the hospital where you work. What should you do?

Ambulatory externships are short term student work experiences (usually arranged by the school) at a community pharmacy

Which of the following statements is true concerning security and electronic transmission of private health information?

Before you fill a controlled substance for a woman w/no med history/profile. How can you check her controlled script use

What is the usual storage strategy for HDs in the pharmacy?

A hospital has a job opening to help w/ investigational drug trials. What qualifications w/b especially applicable?

What chemical is used to deactivate HDs when cleaning and decontaminating?

Which additive to a TPN solution provides the components our bodies need for protein synthesis?

What would be the focus of an ambulatory externship?

Recertification is required by the PTCB & NHA every 2 years and requires ____ of credit in pharmacy related, approved CE

You have applied online to take the PTCE, what happens next?

In the steps of sterile compounding with aseptic technique, when do you clean the primary engineering control?

Where is the safest place to keep CII and CIII drugs?

PAI states the desired healthcare model urges technicians to handle non-traditional & advanced responsibilities to allow

Discrimination is preferential treatment/mistreatment due to age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, etc.

In sterile compounding, if you don't follow aseptic technique & the final product isn't sterile, this is an example of__

When a pharm tech pulls the wrong medication from the shelf, how is the error categorized in terms of systems&processes?

In doing federal taxes you need prescription records for all of your family members. Who needs to give a signed consent?

Name of FDA-established, nationwide post-marketing surveillance system to report serious adverse effects of medication?

As part of REMS, pharmacy & prescribers must register with the Mfg & receive drug specific training to dispense this med

A patient discharged from ER w/ script for Augmentin & Vicodin for abscessed tooth only wants Vicodin.This may indicate?

What is the primary purpose for the proper disposal of sharps?

Which of the following is considered a pitfall that could blow your interview?

When you're warned to watch out for patients who are "doctor shopping", what are the patients doing?

If a pharmacist gives preferential treatment to a pharmacy technician that he or she is related to, this is called_____

Which of the following is a violations of sharing patient's health information?

A pharm tech makes lots of errors. You suggest she needs to pay attention to details, but she doesn't listen, so you...

On Sunday morning, man from 4 states away presents a script for MSContin. You don't know patient or doctor. You should?

A newly diagnosed insulin-dependent diabetic patient is picking up 1st vial of insulin & syringes. She should also buy..

Under which circumstances would private health information be shared without the patient's consent?

What is the appropriate way to deal with an angry customer?