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

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A 15% concentration of solution contains ________ of a drug per _______ of solution

15g ; 100ml

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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

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Order: 10mg/kg Famotidine PO. The patient weighs 55lb. The tablet strength is 50 mg. How many tablets will you give?

5 tablets

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Calculate the amount of ampicillin needed for a 24lb dog who needs 20mg/kg. The concentration of ampicillin is 30mg/ml.

7ml

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You have a 50% stock solution of NaCL and are required to prepare 80ml of a 25% solution. How much stock solution do you need?

40ml

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You have a 75% stock solution of NaCL and are required to prepare 25ml of a 60% solution. How much diluent do you need?

5ml

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How many tablets will you dispense for a 30kg pet that need 0.5mg/kg of a drug? The drug strength is 5mg.

3 tablets

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The DVM has prescribed 15U of insulin for a patient. How many ml of U-100 insulin must be administered?

0.15ml

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A 560kg horse needs 1mg/lb of a tablet med q8h for 10 days. The tabs come in 250mg sizes. How many tablets are needed to fill?

150 tablets

3 multiple choice options

A maintenance fluid requirement is 40ml/kg/day for a 15kg dog. What is the rate (gtt/min) if the set delivers 10gtt/ml?

4gtt/min

3 multiple choice options

The DVM asks you to draw up ketamine (100mg/ml) for a 4.5lb cat. The dose is 15mg/kg. How many ml will you give?

0.3ml

3 multiple choice options

Amoxicillin is a:

Generic name

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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

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

SID

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Which is the correct way to document the amount of medication given?

50 mg PO of amoxicillin

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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

The doctor asks you to dispense drug tablets for a 22lb. dog, to be given at 5 mg/kg TID for 5 days. How many 25mg tablets should you dispense?

30 tablets

The veterinarian prescribes a drug at a dose rate of 5mg/kg BID. The solution is 100mg/ml, and the patient weighs 50kg. What is the volume of each dose in ml?

2.5ml

The veterinarian prescribes a drug at a dose rate of 5mg/kg BID. The solution is 100mg/ml, and the patient weighs 50kg. What is the total daily dose in mg?

500mg

You are asked to give a dog his daily dose of insulin. The required dose is 0.5U/kg every 24 hours. The dog weighs 29lbs. The bottle of insulin you find in the refrigerator states the concentration of insulin to be 100U/ml. How many units will you administer to the animal? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

6.6U

You are asked to give a dog his daily dose of insulin. The required dose is 0.5U/kg every 24 hours. The dog weighs 29lbs. The bottle of insulin you find in the refrigerator states the concentration of insulin to be 100U/ml. How many ml will you inject per dose? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

0.07ml

The veterinary technician must prepare 3L of a 40% solution using a stock solution of 100% concentration. How much of the stock solution and how much of the diluent is needed to make 3L?

1.2L stock solution 1.8L diluent

Calculate the number of drops per minute (gtt/min) a 4.7kg kitten requires. The fluid rate is 60ml/kg/day and the fluid is to be given using an administration set which delivers 60gtt/ml. Round your answer up to the nearest whole drop.

12gtt/min

A patient weighing 10kg has been receiving a drug with a strength of 5mg/ml. Over the last 24 hours the patient has received a total of 50ml. How many mg/kg has the patient received over the last 24 hours?

25mg/kg

A 16lb dog is receiving fluids at a rate of 40ml/kg/day. What is the hourly fluid rate?

12.12ml/hr

A 20kg patient needs to be setup on a hydromorphone CRI post-operatively at a rate of 0.1mg/kg/hr. The concentration of hydromorphone is 2mg/ml. What is the rate in ml/hr?

1ml/hr

A 15kg patient needs to be setup on a lidocaine CRI post-operatively at a rate of 40mcg/kg/hr. The concentration of lidocaine is 20mg/ml. What is the rate in ml/hr?

0.03ml/hr

mg to mcg

multiply 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

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

Cytotoxic

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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.