Giant Eagle Pharmacy Tech Qualification Exam (100% correct and graded A+)

After which drugs should you clean your tray? - Answer-Penicillin, methotrexate, tamoxifen, finasteride, and sulfa drugs Law requires all drugs to have safety caps except? - Answer-Pt request, Nitrostat, or if the medication is unit dose (blister packs) What drugs must be dispensed in original package? - Answer-Nitroglycerin tablets and Pradaxa Auxiliary label: Metronidazole tablets - Answer-Do not drink alcoholic beverages with medication Auxiliary label: Amiodarone - Answer-No grapefruit or grapefruit juice Auxiliary Label - Answer-Additional labels placed on prescription packaging that provide supplementary information, various warnings, routes of administrations, etc. DUR - Answer-drug utilization review - drug interactions - requires review from pharmacists HIPAA - Answer-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act passed in 1996 to ensure patient privacy of all protected health information (PHI) Elixir - Answer-A clear liquid containing water and/or alcohol; designed for oral use; usually has sweetener added Solutions - Answer-Liquid dosage forms with all medication dissolved in one another (NO ALCOHOL) Suspension - Answer-A solid not dissolved in a liquid and must be shaken before use Transdermal - Answer-A topical system designed to release medication into the body through the skin (usually used for extended release)Co-pay - Answer-the amount of money the patient has to pay that the insurance company will not pay Deductible - Answer-The amount the patient must pay before the insurer will cover additional medical expenses MAC - Answer-the maximum allowable cost that an insurer will pay per tablet or dispensing unit for a given product (coverage gap) Ohio law for selecting DAW on a script (so that brand name will be dispensed) - Answer-The designation must be handwritten on a hard copy prescription, signature does not count Biggest advantage of online billing - Answer-Getting a rejected claim immediately so it can be fixed before dispensing the med to the pt ad - Answer-right ear od - Answer-right eye as - Answer-left ear os - Answer-left eye UAD or UD - Answer-As directed ung - Answer-ointment Compounding (2) - Answer-Conversion of one dose to another, distilled water to a order to make a liquid Preparation of selected dosage forms from bulk chemicals, recipe from a doctor to make a product that isn't commercially availableWhen labeling a package item never cover what? (3) - Answer-NDC, Expiration, lot number Aerosols - Answer-Liquid or gaseous medications deliver via spray Ampules - Answer-Sterile containers containing a single dose of medication