PTCB Medication History Certificate
Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the primary purpose of taking a patient’s medication history?
✔✔ To ensure safe and effective medication therapy by identifying past and current drug use.
When should a pharmacy technician obtain a medication history?
✔✔ At patient admission, during care transitions, or when initiating a new therapy.
What is the most reliable source of a patient’s medication history?
✔✔ The patient or caregiver, supplemented by medical records and pharmacy data.
Which information should always be collected about prescription medications?
✔✔ Drug name, dosage, route, frequency, and duration.
Why is it important to ask about over-the-counter medications?
✔✔ OTC drugs can interact with prescriptions and affect therapy outcomes.
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,What type of questions should be asked regarding herbal supplements?
✔✔ Questions about type, dose, frequency, duration, and reason for use.
What should a pharmacy technician do if a patient cannot recall their medication details?
✔✔ Contact the patient’s pharmacy, healthcare provider, or caregiver for verification.
Which medication history information helps prevent adverse drug reactions?
✔✔ Allergies, drug interactions, and previous adverse effects.
Why is it important to ask about adherence to prescribed medications?
✔✔ To identify noncompliance that could affect treatment outcomes.
What is the term for a medication history that includes all prescription, OTC, herbal, and dietary
supplements?
✔✔ Complete or comprehensive medication history.
When documenting medication history, what is essential to record about allergies?
✔✔ All known drug, food, and environmental allergies and the type of reaction.
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, Why should a technician confirm the patient’s current medications?
✔✔ To prevent duplication, interactions, and dosing errors.
What is the role of the pharmacy technician in medication history collection?
✔✔ To gather accurate information, document it, and communicate it to the pharmacist.
How should a technician verify medications taken “as needed”?
✔✔ Ask about the last dose, frequency, and reason for use.
Why is it important to ask about past hospitalizations related to medications?
✔✔ To identify prior adverse drug reactions or treatment failures.
Which information is important when documenting liquid medications?
✔✔ Concentration, volume per dose, and frequency.
What should a technician do if the patient reports taking a high-risk medication?
✔✔ Notify the pharmacist for review and potential intervention.
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Questions and Answers | Latest
Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the primary purpose of taking a patient’s medication history?
✔✔ To ensure safe and effective medication therapy by identifying past and current drug use.
When should a pharmacy technician obtain a medication history?
✔✔ At patient admission, during care transitions, or when initiating a new therapy.
What is the most reliable source of a patient’s medication history?
✔✔ The patient or caregiver, supplemented by medical records and pharmacy data.
Which information should always be collected about prescription medications?
✔✔ Drug name, dosage, route, frequency, and duration.
Why is it important to ask about over-the-counter medications?
✔✔ OTC drugs can interact with prescriptions and affect therapy outcomes.
1
,What type of questions should be asked regarding herbal supplements?
✔✔ Questions about type, dose, frequency, duration, and reason for use.
What should a pharmacy technician do if a patient cannot recall their medication details?
✔✔ Contact the patient’s pharmacy, healthcare provider, or caregiver for verification.
Which medication history information helps prevent adverse drug reactions?
✔✔ Allergies, drug interactions, and previous adverse effects.
Why is it important to ask about adherence to prescribed medications?
✔✔ To identify noncompliance that could affect treatment outcomes.
What is the term for a medication history that includes all prescription, OTC, herbal, and dietary
supplements?
✔✔ Complete or comprehensive medication history.
When documenting medication history, what is essential to record about allergies?
✔✔ All known drug, food, and environmental allergies and the type of reaction.
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, Why should a technician confirm the patient’s current medications?
✔✔ To prevent duplication, interactions, and dosing errors.
What is the role of the pharmacy technician in medication history collection?
✔✔ To gather accurate information, document it, and communicate it to the pharmacist.
How should a technician verify medications taken “as needed”?
✔✔ Ask about the last dose, frequency, and reason for use.
Why is it important to ask about past hospitalizations related to medications?
✔✔ To identify prior adverse drug reactions or treatment failures.
Which information is important when documenting liquid medications?
✔✔ Concentration, volume per dose, and frequency.
What should a technician do if the patient reports taking a high-risk medication?
✔✔ Notify the pharmacist for review and potential intervention.
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