Pharmacy Technician Exam CVS with
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What is the green trash bag for? Blue? Clear? - ANSWER-Green- Vials and Stock
Bottles
Blue- Anything with PHI (protected health information)
Clear-Regular Trash
HIPAA - ANSWER-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996)- Keeps
PHI of patient confidential and requires healthcare providers to handle PHI with caution.
DAW code 0?1? - ANSWER-0- No product selection indicated
1- Substitution not allowed by prescriber
Non-formulary List vs. Formulary List - ANSWER-non-formulary list- List of drugs that
are not covered by an individual's insurance company. (usually drugs that are more
expensive, uncommon, may have alternatives, etc)
formulary list- List of drugs that are covered by the insurance company. (usually more
common medications, proven to be safe and efficient, keep costs down for both parties)
Out of Stock Scan - ANSWER-Should be completed once a week; the day before your
order (poll) day; its purpose is to identify BOH discrepancy.
Schedule 2 Drugs (Order and Delivery) - ANSWER-1. Ordered with an official DEA 22
order form.
2.Only a Pharmacist with a valid POA (power of attorney) kept on file at the pharmacy
can order schedule 2 controlled substances.
3.Must be checked in by a Pharmacist.
How do you fix an item with an unusually high or low inventory quantity? - ANSWER-
Perform a store initiated Cycle Count
How do you know when to do a cycle count ? - ANSWER-1. At Data Entry (Drop Off)
2.Visually looking at the shelf
3. While reviewing reports
2 types of cycle counts - ANSWER-1. System Generated Cycle- Should be completed
first thing in the morning, no later than 10 am. These are discrepancies that our AIMRx
notices throughout the day in the pharmacy department.
, 2.Store Initiated Cycle- When a pharmacy team member notices a discrepancy while
working in the pharmacy; at this point you should initiate a cycle count to update your
pharmacy departments BOH.
Steps to generate an accurate order (4 steps) - ANSWER-1. Regularly complete store
initiated cycle counts
2. Complete system generated cycle counts.
3. Complete mandatory orders Sunday-Thursday
4. Review Warehouse Order Report
Automation Pharmacy Machine - ANSWER--No Controlled 2 at any circumstance can
be placed in this machine
-Machine should be cleaned regularly by RX Team Member
-While refilling the Machine we should match two things- NDC and Lot number
Receiving Inventory (4 ways) - ANSWER-1. CVS warehouse (CVS-green tote)
2.CVS Caremark Specialty Pharmacy
3.Outside Vendors (Cardinal-Red Tote)
4.Directly from manufacturers via Drop Shipments
Warehouse - ANSWER--primary source of ordering
-deliveries are 1-2 times weekly
-items include: regular RX items, Controls C3-C5, PSE items
-order generated in the morning on Order (Poll) Day (5 am prints in pharmacy)
-order reviewed by a pharmacy team member
-order submitted automatically by 3:30 pm on Order (Poll) Day
-Check in the controlled and OTC medications piece by piece against the
invoice/manifest.
Outside Vendors - ANSWER--secondary source
deliveries Mon-Fri.
-items may be ordered via outside vendor daily except Fridays and Saturdays
-Items available include- reg. RX items, narcotics (C2), controlled C3-C5, special order
OTC's
-check in controlled 3-5 and OTC piece by piece
-C2 must be checked in by Pharmacist
-Rapid scanning will update BOH for these items automatically
Directly from manufacturers Drop Shipments - ANSWER--when we receive a new
product directly from the manufacture
-think about how this can impact the customer
Which four AIMRx activities must be performed consistently and correctly? - ANSWER--
regularly complete store initiated cycle counts
-complete system generated cycle counts
-complete mandatory order Sunday-Thursday
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What is the green trash bag for? Blue? Clear? - ANSWER-Green- Vials and Stock
Bottles
Blue- Anything with PHI (protected health information)
Clear-Regular Trash
HIPAA - ANSWER-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996)- Keeps
PHI of patient confidential and requires healthcare providers to handle PHI with caution.
DAW code 0?1? - ANSWER-0- No product selection indicated
1- Substitution not allowed by prescriber
Non-formulary List vs. Formulary List - ANSWER-non-formulary list- List of drugs that
are not covered by an individual's insurance company. (usually drugs that are more
expensive, uncommon, may have alternatives, etc)
formulary list- List of drugs that are covered by the insurance company. (usually more
common medications, proven to be safe and efficient, keep costs down for both parties)
Out of Stock Scan - ANSWER-Should be completed once a week; the day before your
order (poll) day; its purpose is to identify BOH discrepancy.
Schedule 2 Drugs (Order and Delivery) - ANSWER-1. Ordered with an official DEA 22
order form.
2.Only a Pharmacist with a valid POA (power of attorney) kept on file at the pharmacy
can order schedule 2 controlled substances.
3.Must be checked in by a Pharmacist.
How do you fix an item with an unusually high or low inventory quantity? - ANSWER-
Perform a store initiated Cycle Count
How do you know when to do a cycle count ? - ANSWER-1. At Data Entry (Drop Off)
2.Visually looking at the shelf
3. While reviewing reports
2 types of cycle counts - ANSWER-1. System Generated Cycle- Should be completed
first thing in the morning, no later than 10 am. These are discrepancies that our AIMRx
notices throughout the day in the pharmacy department.
, 2.Store Initiated Cycle- When a pharmacy team member notices a discrepancy while
working in the pharmacy; at this point you should initiate a cycle count to update your
pharmacy departments BOH.
Steps to generate an accurate order (4 steps) - ANSWER-1. Regularly complete store
initiated cycle counts
2. Complete system generated cycle counts.
3. Complete mandatory orders Sunday-Thursday
4. Review Warehouse Order Report
Automation Pharmacy Machine - ANSWER--No Controlled 2 at any circumstance can
be placed in this machine
-Machine should be cleaned regularly by RX Team Member
-While refilling the Machine we should match two things- NDC and Lot number
Receiving Inventory (4 ways) - ANSWER-1. CVS warehouse (CVS-green tote)
2.CVS Caremark Specialty Pharmacy
3.Outside Vendors (Cardinal-Red Tote)
4.Directly from manufacturers via Drop Shipments
Warehouse - ANSWER--primary source of ordering
-deliveries are 1-2 times weekly
-items include: regular RX items, Controls C3-C5, PSE items
-order generated in the morning on Order (Poll) Day (5 am prints in pharmacy)
-order reviewed by a pharmacy team member
-order submitted automatically by 3:30 pm on Order (Poll) Day
-Check in the controlled and OTC medications piece by piece against the
invoice/manifest.
Outside Vendors - ANSWER--secondary source
deliveries Mon-Fri.
-items may be ordered via outside vendor daily except Fridays and Saturdays
-Items available include- reg. RX items, narcotics (C2), controlled C3-C5, special order
OTC's
-check in controlled 3-5 and OTC piece by piece
-C2 must be checked in by Pharmacist
-Rapid scanning will update BOH for these items automatically
Directly from manufacturers Drop Shipments - ANSWER--when we receive a new
product directly from the manufacture
-think about how this can impact the customer
Which four AIMRx activities must be performed consistently and correctly? - ANSWER--
regularly complete store initiated cycle counts
-complete system generated cycle counts
-complete mandatory order Sunday-Thursday
