Pharmacy Tech Exam 2

1. Hub

2. Shaft

3. Bevel

4. Lumen

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The most common route of administration for insulin is _______ injections?

• Subcutaneous

Visual inspection of formulated solutions can show _______

• Particulate material

• Lack of stability as evidenced by precipitation and crystallization

Intravenous solution that has the same osmolarity as blood is called _______

• Isotonic

The part of the needle that is angled at one end to form a point is called ______

• Bevel

The filter that filters a solution immediately before it enters the patient’s vein is called ______

• Final filters

Methods or techniques used to maintain sterility of sterile items is called ______

• Aseptic technique

When a needle damages the rubber closure of a parenteral container causing fragments of the rubber to fall into the container and contaminate its contents is called _____

• Coring

The type of filter used in laminar flow hood is called _____

• HEPA

When preparing hazardous chemotherapy agents the preferred type of laminar flow hood is ______

• Vertical

Laminar flow hoods provide a(n) _______ work are

• Ultraclean

TPN solutions are composed of _______

• Dextrose

• Protein, Electrolytes

• Vitamin trace elements

You are to use 2.4 mL of diluents to reconstitute a vial of medication. What size syringe should be used?

• 3 mL

The storage temperature definition for a freezer is ______

• -20*C to -10*C

_______ is a collection of monographs on commercially available parenteral drugs

• Handbook on Injectable Drugs

If an ampule has not been pre-scored, the technician should ______

• Score the neck of the ampule with a fine file

When a drug is added to a parenteral solution, the drug is referred to as the ______ and the final mixture is referred to as the ______

• Additive, admixture

Pyrogens are chemicals that are produced by______

• Microorganisms

_______ is the part of the needle that attaches to the syringe

• The hub

A (an) ______________ solution has greater osmolarity than blood

• Hypertonic

________ are thickening agents used in the preparation of suspensions

• Suspending agents

______ are electrolytes used in the preparation of suspensions

• Flocculating agents

A solution that contains the maximum amount of drug it can contain at room temperature is:

• Saturated

______ contain the drug and other ingredients packaged in a gelatin shell

• Capsules

The pH of the stomach is around:

• 1-2

The pH of the large intestine is around

• 7-8

The pH of the small intestine is around

• 5-7

Which route of administration is not a parenteral route?

• Buccal

______ tablets are placed under the tongue

• Sublingual

A raised, blister-like area on the skin caused from an Intradermal injection is called a _______

• Wheal

________ is the on demand preparation of a drug product according to a physician’s prescription

• Extemporaneous compounding

Chapter <795> of the USP-NF deals with ______

• Compounding non-sterile products

The fine grinding of a powder is called _______

• Trituration

When using the laminar flow hood, a technician should work at least ________ inches inside the hood

• Six

The common name for the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalent Evaluations is the _____

• Orange Book

Which pharmacy reference would you use to identify a drug that a patient purchased in England?

• Martindale

_________are intravenous solutions packed in containers holding 100 mL or more

• LVP

________ is the resulting solution when a drug is added to a Parenteral solution

• Admixture

Flow hoods or safety cabinets must be turned on__________ minutes before use in order to produce an ultraclean environment

• 30

Sublingual is a parenteral route of administration

• False

In the United States PO is the most common route of administration

• True

With oral formulations, solids usually reach systemic circulation faster than liquids

• False

A high pH such as 13 indicates high acidity

• False

Intramuscular injections usually involve larger needles than subcutaneous

• True

A needle gauge of 19 is thinner than a needle gauge of 18

• True

A drug in suspension must always be mixed (shake) before using

• True

Insulin is routinely administered intradermally

• False

Ophthalmic ointments should be applied to the upper eyelid

• False

Nasal formulations are only used to have a local effect on the nose

• False

When working with glass ampules, the needle must contain a filter to block potential glass shards that occurs when breaking the vial

• True

Measuring volume of solution in a syringe is measured to the edge of the plunger’s stopper

• True