PTCB Immunization Certificate Exam Questions and Answers 2024

PTCB Immunization Certificate Exam Questions and Answers 2024 storage and handling plans include: - 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 - 1. staff training and continuing education 2. routine storage and handling 3. emergency vaccine storage, handling and transport SOP - Standard Operating Procedures VIS - Vaccine Information Sheet vaccines - 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: - 1. reduced potency and effectiveness 2. financial cost due to wasted vaccines 3. loss of patient confidence in vaccines ACIP - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance training requirements to vaccinate - 1. must complete a practical training program that is approved by the ACPE; the program must include hands on injection technique and treatment of emergency reactions 2. must have current certificate in CPR 3. must complete 2 hours of ACPE approved immunization related CEs during the relevant state licensing period 4. If 18 years old or younger, must inform patient and/or caregiver to follow u[p with PCP issued guidance requirements to vaccinate - 1. must be ordered by supervising qualified RPh 2. supervising qualified RPh must be readily available to qualified tech 3. must be FDA authorized or licensed 4. must be administered according to ACIP's COVID -19 recommendations OR standard immunization schedule "qualified" pharmacy tech - pharmacy tech working in states with licensure and/or registration must be licensed and/or registered in accordance with state requirements; pharmacy techs working in states without licensure and/or registration must have a CPhT certification from either PTCB or NHA vaccines allowed under issued guidance - FDA licensed COVID -19 vaccines to individuals 3 years of age and older as well as ACIP recommended vaccinations to children 3 to 18 years old legal federal requirements - historically determined at state level; due to the pandemic Dept of Health & Human Services issued guidance allowing techs to act as immunizers legal state requirements - every state is different! *Idaho, Rhode Island, Michigan, Utah , Nevada and Washington State allowed techs to give immunizations prior to the pandemic common preventable illnesses - 1. Tetanus, Diphtheria & Pertussis 2. Rotavirus 3. Polio (PV) 4. Influenza 5. Measles, Mumps & Rubella 6. Chicken Pox (Varicella) 7. Hepatitis B 8. Pnuemonia 9. Shingles tracking immunizations resource - CDC immunization schedule