CW110 - Institutional Pharmacy Practice

CW110-1

  • A glove box is considered a closed system

  • The size of the hospital is what distinguishes hospitals

  • P&P manuals contain all of the following:

    • daily work activities

    • benefits

    • emergency situations

    • mandatory training

  • An ASAP order is not as urgent as stat (within fifteen minutes), but filed before new orders

  • eMAR stands for electronic med admin

  • Most hospitals use a combination of individual patient care and ADS

  • USP <797> regulations state that compounding should take place with class 8 or better regulations

  • Central supply stores backup stock

  • Patient are identified by medical record number

  • CMS regulates CHIP

  • STAT is used in emergency situations

  • Asking for two forms of identification can help with assuring one of the five rights of medication safety which is the right patient

  • The following are true about controlled substances in institutional pharmacy

    • The pharmacy technician must perform a complete inventory of the pharmacy stock at the beginning of each day

    • The pharmacy technician verifies the beginning and final count

    • Controlled substances must always be signed in and out of the pharmacy

  • One of the expanded roles of the P&T Committee is to reduce the risk of medication errors. Reviewing medication error reports to help find safeguards to prevent medication errors is one of their strategies.

  • A prescription written for administration in a hospital is called a(n) medication order.

CW110-2