PTCB Immunization Certificate: Complete
Study Guide for Pharmacy Technicians
storage and handling plans include: - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1. ordering and
accepting vaccine deliveries
2. storing and handling vaccines
3. managing inventory
4. managing potentially compromised vaccines
5. backup plans for power outages. equipment malfunctions and disasters
6. packing materials
CDC SOP recommendations - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1. staff training and
continuing education
, 2. routine storage and handling
3. emergency vaccine storage, handling and transport
SOP - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Standard Operating Procedures
VIS - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Vaccine Information Sheet
vaccines - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1. a product that stimulates a person's
immune system to produce immunity
2. administered through needle injections by mouth or nose
3. can be live or inactivated
vaccine storage and handling errors result in: - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1.
reduced potency and effectiveness
2. financial cost due to wasted vaccines
3. loss of patient confidence in vaccines
ACIP - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
CDC - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Guide for Pharmacy Technicians
storage and handling plans include: - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1. ordering and
accepting vaccine deliveries
2. storing and handling vaccines
3. managing inventory
4. managing potentially compromised vaccines
5. backup plans for power outages. equipment malfunctions and disasters
6. packing materials
CDC SOP recommendations - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1. staff training and
continuing education
, 2. routine storage and handling
3. emergency vaccine storage, handling and transport
SOP - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Standard Operating Procedures
VIS - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Vaccine Information Sheet
vaccines - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1. a product that stimulates a person's
immune system to produce immunity
2. administered through needle injections by mouth or nose
3. can be live or inactivated
vaccine storage and handling errors result in: - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----1.
reduced potency and effectiveness
2. financial cost due to wasted vaccines
3. loss of patient confidence in vaccines
ACIP - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
CDC - ---✔✔✔ANSWER----Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
