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Where should one place used syringes and needles?
✓ ~: Red plastic sharps container
Where should one place used gloves, gowns, and masks?
✓ ~: Biohazard bag
Can you wear jewelry while preparing IV admixtures?
✓ ~: Jewelry should not be worn while preparing IV admixtures because it may puncture the
latex gloves.
What should be used to clean the laminar flow hood?
✓ ~: 70% isopropyl alcohol
How often must laminar flow hoods be certified?
✓ ~: Every 6 months
How long should the blower be on for a laminar hood?
✓ ~: 30 minutes
Which reference book provides information on drug prices and how often is it updated?
✓ ~: Drug Topics Red Book. Updated yearly.
Which reference book provides information about therapeutic equivalence?
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✓ ~: Drug Topics Orange Book, which is known as "Approved Drug Products with
Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluation.s"
Which reference book provides information with regard to brand and generic names, drug
identification, and dosage calculations? How often is it updated?
✓ ~: Drug Facts and Comparisons Book. Updated monthly.
Which reference book is a compendium of monographs setting official national standards for
drug substances, dosage forms, and standards for pharmaceutical ingredients?
✓ ~: USP-NF
How many times may a pharmacy transfer a controlled substance prescription of 30 tablets of
Tylenol #3 with five refills indicated on the prescription?
✓ ~: Only once.
The patient must have the remaining refills processed at the pharmacy to which the
prescription was transferred.
How often must HEPA filters be certified?
✓ ~: 6 months (unless they become wet)
What are bevel, hilt, lumen, and shaft?
✓ ~: The lumen is the opening of a needle.
The bevel is the angled tip of the needle where the lumen is found.
The hilt of the needle attaches to the hub of the barrel of the syringe.
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The shaft is the length of the needle.
Which regulatory agency may issue drug recall?
✓ ~: FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
How many classifications of drug recall?
✓ ~: 3 classes: I, II, III assigned by FDA based on the decreasing of the probability that the
use of the product will cause adverse health.
What type of drug recall is associated with irreversible damage or death to an individual
✓ ~: Class I
What must be done if a patient requests an easy-open container?
✓ ~: Have the patient sign the back of the prescription, indicating that he has requeste an
easy-open container.
What information is needed on a patient's prescription?
✓ ~: Patient's name, name of the medication, and directions for use.
Patient's ID number is not needed, but it's needed if medications orders filled in hospital.
Which form is required to be completed in the destruction of noncontrolled substances?
✓ ~: No form is required
Which federal agency is responsible for hazardous waste and materials?
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✓ ~: OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Which type of mortar and pestle is used to mix liquids?
✓ ~: Glass
what type of spatula should be used in measuring corrosive ingredients?
✓ ~: Rubber
What is used to measure volumes less than 1.5 mL?
✓ ~: Pipette
Who is responsible for pharmaceuticals in transit if they are designated as "FOB
destination"?
✓ ~: Seller
What are some of the duties of an institutional pharmacy technician?
✓ ~: Enter prescription orders into the computer.
Fill patient medication cassettes.
Transport medications throughout the institution.
How often does a pharmacy balance need to be certified?
✓ ~: Every 12 months
What is the indication for quinapril?
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