Pharmacy Procedures Final Exam

OSHA is an acronym for:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

3 multiple choice options

"10mg" would be a dose and "5mg/kg" would be a dosage

True

1 multiple choice option

Any manipulation of a drug product to produce a different dosage form other than what's approved by the FDA is?

Compounding

3 multiple choice options

An IV infusion of 500ml of D5W at 100ml/hr was ordered and started at 12pm. The infusion will be complete at what time?

5pm

3 multiple choice options

Amoxicillin is a:

Generic name

3 multiple choice options

Veterinarians can legally use drugs in an extra label manner to treat animals that will be used as human food.

False

1 multiple choice option

A prescription must have which of the following to be valid?

Species of animal

3 multiple choice options

Which of the following is the abbreviation for once a day dosing?

SID

3 multiple choice options

Convert 0.0056 to scientific notation.

5.6 * 10^-3

tsp to ml

multiply 5

g to kg

divide by 1000

L to ml

divide by 1000

Use of pill vial caps that are not childproof is illegal in veterinary medicine because they violate the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970.

True

1 multiple choice option

Which of the following combinations is correct?

Room temperature: 15-30 degrees C

3 multiple choice options

__________ means the drug is "poisonous to cells" and primarily meant to refer to mammalian cells.

Cytotoxic

3 multiple choice options

What 3 things must every practice have in reference to drug storage?

1. SDS for every cytotoxic or hazardous agent.

2. Package insert for every drug in the practice.

3. Hospital policies and procedures.

Ampules

Dosage forms in which the drug is contained within a small, airtight, thin glass bottle that is opened by snapping the narrow neck of the ampule bottle.

Aqueous solution

A water medium in which the drug has been dissolved.

Caplet

A solid dosage form that is elongated to facilitate easy swallowing.

Capsules

Powdered drug surrounded by a capsule made of gelatin, modified starch, or cellulose.

Elixir

Alcohol-based solutions used for oral or topical (i.e., on the surface of the skin) application.

Emulsion

Liquid suspension composed of two liquids that do not readily mix together.

Enteric coating

Coating designed to protect the active ingredient from the harsh acidic environment of the stomach by not allowing the tablet to dissolve until it reaches the more alkaline environment of the small intestine.

Extract

A therapeutic agent composed of prepared plant or animal parts rather than synthesized chemicals in a laboratory.

Liniments

An oily liquid preparation to be used on the skin.

Ointment

A semisolid preparation for external application to the skin or mucous membranes; suspensions or solutions that liquefy at body temperatures. Also known as creams or gels.

Pastes

A semisolid preparation containing one or more drug substances for topical application. The two classes comprise the fatty pastes, thick, stiff ointments that do not flow at body temperature; and those made from a single phase aqueous gel.

Suppositories

Dosage forms designed to be placed in the rectum, where they dissolve and release drug that is then absorbed across the intestinal wall of the rectum.

Sustained release

A liquid preparation consisting of solid particles dispersed throughout a liquid medium in which they are not soluble.

Syrups

Drugs dissolved in a liquid sugar solution.

Tablets

Solid dosage form of a medicinal substance, of varying weight, size, and shape, which may be molded or compressed.

Tinctures

An alcoholic or hydroalcoholic solution prepared from vegetable materials or from chemical substances.

Pharmacology

The science that deals with the origin, nature, chemistry, effects, and uses of drugs; it includes pharmacognosy, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics, and toxicology.

Pharmacy

The branch of the health sciences dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and proper utilization of drugs.

Carcinogenic

Increases the risk for development of cancer or preneoplastic changes.

Mutagenic

Inducing genetic mutation.

Teratogenic

Tending to produce congenital anomalies.