PTCB Review Part 2
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) contains regulations
related to PHI, which stands for:
a. Protected Health Information
b. Private Health Information
c. Pharmacy Health Information
d. Personal Health Information - ANS-a. Protected Health Information
What are the four enteral routes of administrations?
a. oral, sublingual, buccal, and rectal
b. topical, injectable, dermal, intranasal
c. intravenous, intramuscular, intradermal, intraocular
d. solutions, suspensions, emulsions, implants - ANS-a. oral, sublingual, buccal, and
rectal
Amoxil 250mg/5ml
Sig: tsp tid x10 days
The amount of medication to be dispensed is:
a. 250ml
b. The amount of medication is not indicated
c. 150ml
d. 100ml - ANS-c. 150ml
When warning screens display potential dosing irregularities, you should immediately:
a. call the patient
b. call the pharmacist
c. call the prescriber
d. call the State Board of Pharmacy - ANS-b. call the pharmacist
Prescriptions are written in:
a. ink
b. either ink or pencil
c. pencil
d. neither, they are typed - ANS-a. ink
Amoxil 250mg/ml
Sig: tsp tid x10d
The following auxillary labels should be placed near the medication label:
, a. may cause drowsiness
b. discard unused portion after 5 days
c. shake well
d. do not take with milk or other dairy products - ANS-c. shake well
______________ are allowed to write some prescriptions in some states, as determined
by protocols and collaboration with a primary prescriber.
a. medical doctors
b. Doctors of Osteopathy
c. Pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and/or physician assistants
d. doctors of veterinary medicine - ANS-c. Pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and/or
physician assistants
The directions for use (such as cap t.i.d) make-up the:
a. DAW indicator
b. insigna
c. inscription
d. Signa - ANS-d. Signa
In community pharmacies, ___________ generally receive the prescription and collect
patient data and enter this information into the computer.
a. patients
b. pharmacists
c. pharmacy technicians
d. physician - ANS-c. pharmacy technicians
What term means "under the tongue"?
a. insigna
b. sublingual
c. ophthalmic
d. buccal - ANS-b. sublingual
When a prescription is written for a medication that is not commercially available, the
medication can be prepared by mixing the ingredients required and this is called:
a. trituration
b. alligation
c. admixture
d. extemporaneous compounding - ANS-d. extemporaneous compounding
The_______________ should be consulted on all OTC and Schedule II prescriptions.
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