Volume 2 All Units challenge questions

201. What is the mission of The Joint Commission, and how is it carried out?

To continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value; voluntary accreditation.

201. How do pharmacies prepare and dispense medication to meet compliance with the Joint Commission's Medication Management standard?

All medication orders are reviewed for appropriateness.

201. Which of The Joint Commission (TJC) compliance Numerical Score Description ratings represent "insufficient compliance" with an element of performance and serves as a determination as to whether your military treatment facility (MTF) is compliant with a given standard?

0

202. The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) scores the pharmacy by using ow many different characteristics?

16

203. The primary purpose of the self-inspection program is to identify problems at the

lowest management level

203. According to the Inspector General (IG) reports, commanders achieving the best results are commanders who emphasize...?

Critical self-assessment.

203. In a military treatment facility, how often must self-inspections be conducted?

Annually.

204. The Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI) integrates elements of compliance and readiness to measure unit...?

Effectiveness.

204. What is the number of months for the Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI cycle) timeframe for Active Duty and Reserve wings?*

24-30.

205. In accordance with the United States Code on Records Management by Federal Agencies, which would be an example of work-related personal papers?

Appointment schedules that contain work-related information.

205. The process of gathering, arranging in proper order, storing, and disposing of paperwork, such as, prescriptions and controlled drug documentation is records...?*

Staging.

205. Which Standard Form (SF) is used to identify records for retirement to a federal records center or staging area?

135

206. Which type of prescriptions may be filed together?

Schedules III, IV, and V.

206. For how many years is Air Force Form 781, Multiple Item Prescription retained before it is destroyed?

Three.

206. Which Air Force (AF) form should be destroyed after it has been retained for three years or when it is no longer needed, whichever is sooner?*

2380

206. Air Force (AF) Form 2381, Pharmacy Master Formula is destroyed after it has been...?*

Superseded, becomes obsolete, or is no longer needed.

206. Bulk order forms, such as Directives Division (DD) Form 1150, request for Issue or Turn-In, for non controlled drugs are destroyed after?

1 year.

206. What form is used to track receipt issues and amounts if CHCS is unavailable?*

Air Force Form 582.

206. Which best describes the type of inventory that the Air Force Form 582, Pharmacy Stock Record or its automated equivalent maintained on controlled substances?

Perpetual.

207. The chain of command for the Medical Expense and Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) is from the military treatment facility (MTF) to which person or agency?

Defense Health Agency Secretary.

207 Within the Medical Expense Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) which account does the first letter of every functional cost code represent?

Functional.

207. Which functional category and cost code is pharmacy assigned to within the Medical Expense Performance Reporting System (MEPRS)?

Ancillary Services; D.

207. Which Medical Expense Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) account does the first two letters of every functional cost code represent?

Summary.

207. Which Medical Expense Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) accounts is where work centers are identified?

Sub-accounts, third level.

207. Within the medical treatment facility, who is responsible for the accuracy of Medical Expense Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) data reported?*

Medical group commander.

208. The Medical Expense and Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) is an accumulation of military treatment facility (MTF) personnel utilization, workload, and...?

Expense.

208. Approximately what percentage of a military treatment facility's budget is allocated for personnel in the form of salaries?

60-75

208. The Defense Medical Human Resources System-internet (DMHRSi) is used to collect information concerning?

Work centers where assigned personnel are spending time and corresponding salaries.

208. A full-time equivalent (FTE) is equal to how many hours?*

168

208. Which personnel within a medical facility are required to report their Medical Expense Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) personnel utilization data?

Students.

208. Which personnel within a medical facility are not required to report their Medical Expense Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) personnel utilization data?

Foreign armed services personnel.

208. Which is an example of available time when reporting man-hours for the work center?

Working on Enlisted Performance Reports (EPR) or work schedules.

208. What system is responsible for incorporating all of the captured expense, workload, and personnel utilization data into a single report?

Expense Assignment System Version IV (EASIVi).

208. In the Pharmacy Services Workload Report, what weighted value is given to "clinic issues"?

0.6.

208. After each section classifies and records patient and workload data, it is assimilated into which military treatment facility (MTF)-wide report?

Report of Patients.

208. The Prescription Usage and Cost Report shows information regarding how much prescriptions cost, what type pf prescriptions patients are receiving, and...?

Who is receiving the prescriptions.

209. What Air Force Instruction defines force health protection products (FHPPP)?

10-403, Deployment Planning and Execution.

209. Patients issued force heaklth protection products (FHPPP) must have documentation annotated on the following form(s)?

SF 600 and DD Form 2766.

209. Who is responsible for force health protection products (FHPPP) returns post-deployment?

Medical logistics.

210 According to AFI 41-106,Medical Readiness Program Management, what is the allowance standard (AS) designation for the pharmacy response team?

AS 886E.

210. Who is responsible for selection, training, and replacement of the pharmacy response team personnel?

Pharmacy team chief.

211. What Air Force publication requires each Air Force installation to have a written disease containment plan?

AFMAN 10-2608

211. Most military bases operate what type of Point of Dispensing (POD) site?

Closed.

211. A full inventory of the Pharmacy Allowance Standard is performed at least...?

Annually.

212. The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 requires biennial inventories of all controlled substances by...?

1 May.

212. You can correct posting errors on the Air Force Form 582 by...?

Drawing a single line through the incorrect entry, making a brief explanatory note with your initials, and making the correct entry on the next line.

213. The two individuals equally responsible for correctly prescribing and dispensing controlled substances in the military treatment facility (MTF) are the...?

Provider and the pharmacist.

213. The second letter in the provider's Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number represents the...?

First letter of the last name of the provider.

214. It is necessary to initiate an Air Force Form 579, Controlled Substance Register when you receive...?

Controlled drug order from one of your nursing units.

214. Air Force Form 579 is destroyed after being retained for how many years after the final entry?

Two.

215. Which Air Force Instruction stipulates all controlled substances issued to inpatient units and clinics must be issued with an AF Form 579?

44-102.

215. If a pharmacy technician initiates an Air Force (AF) Form 579 and issues controlled medication to an inpatient unit, to identify that he or she has issued and the unit has accepted the specific quantity of medication indication on the form, the pharmacy technician and the recipient must...?

Initial the AF Form 579 in the column on the right-hand side of the form.

215. According to Air Force Instruction (AFI) 44-102, Schedule II drugs in patient areas outside the pharmacy must be stored in a...?

Double-locked cabinet.

216. Which composite health care system (CHCS) narcotic function shows the on-hand quantity for any selected product?

Inventory Record Inquiry.

216. Which composite health care system (CHCS) function clears a prescription from a patient's profile?

Dispense a Prescription.

217. When destroying unserviceable controlled substance medical items, what authority should be contacted to ensure that your destruction methods are environmentally safe?

Bio-environmental engineers.

217. The military treatment facility commander (MTF/CC) appoints a controlled substance destruction officer, who may be a...?

Master Sergeant who works outside the pharmacy.

218. Which Narcotic System Report would you most likely run if you had a missing Air Force Form 579?

Outstanding Issue Report.

219. The individual who appoints destruction officers individuals to be responsible for the destruction of controlled substances is the...?

Military Treatment Facility (MTF) commander.

219. What Air Force (AF) form should the pharmacy controlled substance monitor initiate when a shortage or an overage in the amount of a controlled substance has been discovered and the discrepancy does not require a report of survey.

85, Inventory Adjustmentz Voucher.