Pharmacy-Based Immunization
Administration by Pharmacy
Technicians Exam Questions and
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Immunizations - Answer: a process by which a person become protected against a disease through
vaccination; used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation
Vaccine - Answer: A product that stimulates the person's immune system to produce immunity to a
specific disease, protecting the person from that disease.
Administer - Answer: Dispense or apply. In this case, the act of getting the vaccine ready and injecting it
into the patient.
Route of Administration - Answer: The path by which a drug (e.g. vaccine) is brought into contact with
the body (i.e. via injection)
Site - Answer: The physical location on the body (e.g. left deltoid or right thigh)
Antibodies - Answer: proteins produced by the body to neutralize or destroy toxins or disease-carrying
organisms.
Active immunity - Answer: person produces their own antibodies
- after exposure to a disease
- long lasting, sometimes life-long
Passive immunity - Answer: person is given antibodies
- passed from mother to baby or injected blood products
- short lasting, weeks to months
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