WALGREENS PRE-TEST QUESTIONS

Using a unit dosing system results in all of the following

- reduced pharmacy costs

- decreased medication errors

- only requiring a 24 hour supply

What information needs to be on a script in order to make it a valid RX?

1) Route

2) Duration

3) Quantity

4) Form

Which of the following or EXEMPT from safety packaging?

A)Sublingual forms of nitroglycerin

B) Albuterol Sulfate Syrup

C) Orapred Syrup

D) Amoxicillin 250 mg chewable

D) Amoxicillin 250 mg chewable

If a bottle of digoxin is printed w/ an expiration date of October 2004, what is the actual date that it expires?

The last day of that month. So 10/31/2004

All are pharmacy dispensing machines except...

A) OmniCell

B) Yuyama

C) Baker Cell

D) EHR (electronic health record)

D) EHR (electronic health record)

What puts customer profiles, inventory, pricing, and other essential info w/in easy access?

Computerized Pharmacy Management Systems

This form tracts the medications administered to a patient

MAR (Medication Administration Record)

This involves the resolution of rx coverage through communications of the pharmacy computer w/ the 3rd party computer?

Adjudication

This is a collection of information structured so that specific info w/in it can easily be retrieved and used

database

This records every med. ordered to a patient over 24 hours

MAR (Medication Administration Record)

This system allows physicians or agent of the physician to enter orders directly into the hospital computer system?

CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry)

This system is used to compile medical records

EMR (Electronic Medical Records)

The computer system does not provide

Consultations

What form do you use to bill for services including disease state managment

CMS- 1500

(Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

This type of healthcare reimbursement pays for prescribed expenses, such has Rx's, when the patient is covered by a supplementary comprehensive major medical policy

Private Health Insurance

This program is offered by some pharmaceutical manufacturers to help needy patients who require meds they can't afford and do not have insurance

Patient Assistance

This service is provided to review medication therapy for patients who are taking multiple meds for multiple disease states.

MTM (Medication Therapy Management)

What identifies the cost-sharing plan in which patients pay a SPECIFIED dollar amount for every prescription received

Co-Payment

Which of the following is not a type of managed care program?

HMO, PPO, POS, or Medicare Part D

Medicare Part D

According to the DEA, would METHADONE require a physician's DEA# on the script

YES

Verify DEA#- AP5836727

Step 1: add !st, 3rd, and 5th digits

Step 2: add 2nd, 4th, and 6th digits

Step 3: multiply the result of Step 2 by 2.

Step 4: add the result of Step 1 to the result of Step 3.

Then, the last digit of this sum must be the same as the last digit of the DEA number.

DEA number AP5836727

Step 1: 5 + 3 + 7 = 15

Step 2: 8 + 6 + 2 = 16

Step 3: 16 * 2 = 32

Step 4: 15 + 32 = 47

Based on the Federal Law, how long is a CII script good for?

30 days

What regulatory body is responsible for surveying and accrediting healthcare organizations every 3 years

JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)

What form is used to order CII medications

DEA Form 222

COPY 1 (brown) & 2 (green).... goes to the SUPPLIER

COPY 3 (blue)... goes to the PURCHASER (YOU)

How should half a milligram be written to avoid confusion?

0.5 mg

*use leading zeros

The abbreviation IU is commonly mistaken for

Intravenous

What category of medications is known to cause significant harm to the patient if an error is made?

High Alert

This error-prone abbreviation for once daily is commonly mistaken for right eye

o.d.

Tall man lettering for prednisone

predniSONE

The use of this makes the filling and dispensing process more efficient?

computer system

The NDC has 3 sets of numbers

1st set - manufacturer

2nd set- medication

3rd set- package size

Which agency regulates drug quality

FDA

Drugs that require refrigeration must be kept between

2-8 degrees Celsius

If the expiration date on a bottle of Vicodin is 5/99 when does this drug expire?

Midnight 5/31/1999

(the last day of the month)

What is a common suppository stored in the fridge?

Phenergan

Death from respiratory depression may result from toxicity of?

Narcotics

Non- prescription drugs are also known as

OTC- drugs

(over the counter)

The name of the process that prepares the drug for elimination is

METABOLISM

What is bradycardia

slow or irregular heart beats

What is ZIDOVUDINE used for

helps prevent pregnant women with HIV from passing down that virus to their babies

What may interfere with the absorption of iron?

Antacids

Milk

Tetracycline

Which is NOT a diuretic?

Bumex- bumetanide

Dyazide- Triamterene w/ HCTZ

Lasix- furosemide

Zantac- Ranitidine

Zanatc - Ranitidine

What can contribute to the development of heart failure?

cardiomyopathy

heart attack

hypertension

What route of administration is a trans-dermal patch

Percutaneous

1 gr =

60 mg

Markup

Selling Price- Cost= Markup

Percentage Markup

((selling price- cost) / cost) X 100

If a Pharmacist asks a tech to repack bulk solid dosage forms into unit-dose packs, what expiration date should appear on the label?

50% of the original labeled expiration date up to a maximum of 1 year