Which of the following organizations enforces guidelines concerning medication quality standards?
department of health and human resources (DHHS)
Food and Drug administration (FDA)
Drug enforcement Agency (DEA)
United States pharmacopeial convention (USP)
According to HIPAA guidelines, which of following documents should a pharmacy technician have a new patient sign?
Insurance company disclosure form
Acknowledgment of notice of privacy practices
Pharmacy records weaver form
Prescription use agreement
According to HIPAA guidelines, which of the following actions should a pharmacy technician take to safeguard a patient's protected health information PHI?
Shred computer printouts that include PHI
Only share phi with a patient's immediate family
Decline the patient's request to amend pharmacy records
Keep records older than 2 years in general storage outside the pharmacy
A pharmacy technician receives a handwritten prescription from a patient. The technician should verify that the prescription contains which of the following information
Quantity of medication
Brand name of the medication
Patience insurance ID number
Patient's medical condition
Which of the following United States pharmacopia (USP) chapters discusses safety requirements for receiving storing, compounding, dispensing and administering hazardous medication
USP 795
USP 797
USP 800
USP 1163
Which of the following sublingual medication is an exception to the mandate for a child resistant caps on prescription medication containers?
Buprenorphine
Naloxone
Nitroglycerin
Fentanyl
A pharmacy technician is required to include patient product information PPI when failing a prescription for which of the following types of medication
Benzodiazepines
Contraceptives
Opiates
Insulin
According to HIPAA guidelines, which of the following patient information is considered Protected Health information? PHI
A patient's location of birth
Then made a name of a patient's mother
A patient's employment record
A patient's email address
Which of the following laws requires medication manufacturers to place a label stating "caution. Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription " on medication stock bottles
Orphan drug act
Poison prevention packaging act PPPA
Kefauver- Harris amendment
Durham- Humphrey amendment
The orphan drug act encouraged medication manufacturers to develop medication for rare diseases by providing research assistance grants and cost incentives
The PPPA requires that child resisting caps be placed on all prescription and over the counter medications
The kefauver- amendment was enacted in 1962 to ensure the safety and effectiveness of all new medications on the US market
The Durham Humphrey amendment requires medication manufacturers to place a label stating caution. Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription on medication stock bottles.
<USP 795 797 800 1163( 795, 797, 800, 1163 )> discuss the standards for non-sterile compounding
<USP 797 795 800 1163( 797, 795, 800, 1163 )> discusses standards for STERILE compounding
USP 800 outlines the safety requirements for receiving storing, compounding dispensing and administering hazardous medications. The regulations described in the chapter helped to increase the safety of patients, workers and the environment
<USP 1163 800 795 797( 1163, 800, 795, 797 )> discusses Quality Assurance in pharmaceutical compounding
A patient can purchase a maximum of 3.6 g 7.5 g 9 g( 3.6 g, 7.5 g, 9 g ) of pseudoephedrine in a calendar day, 7.5 g 3.6 g 9 g( 7.5 g, 3.6 g, 9 g ) per month by mail order, and 9 g 3.6 g 7.5 g( 9 g, 3.6 g, 7.5 g ) per month by retail.
Anabolic steroids are included in which of the following medication schedules?
Schedule III
Schedule II
Schedule IV
Schedule V
Which of the following organizations issues a pharmacies national provider identifier (NPI
Board of Pharmacy BOP
The joint commission TJC
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services CMS
Drug enforcement agency DEA
A pharmacy technician is storing prescriptions in compliance with document retention regulations. The technician should file the prescriptions sequentially according to which of the following
Prescriptions serial number
Alphabetically by medication name
Date the pharmacy filed the prescription
Patience last name
Fentanyl patches are included in a witch of the following medication schedules
Schedule I
A pharmacy technician is verifying a prescribers DA number on a prescription as part of the verification process which are the following parts of the DEA number should the technician multiply by two
Some of the first two steps of the process
Some of the second, fourth and 6th digits
Some of the first, third and fifth digits
Final check digit
Which of the following information is mandatory for all controlled substance prescriptions?
Date the prescriber issued the prescription
Quantity of the medication
Prescribers DEA number
Prescribers address and telephone number
According to the DEA, how often should a pharmacy technician conducted inventory check for controlled substances?
Every year
Every 3 years
Every 4 years
Every 2 years
Exempt narcotics are included in which of the following medication schedules
Schedule? IV
Schedule V medications have the lowest potential for abuse
A pharmacy technician is filling prescriptions for storage according to federal regulations. Which of the following should the technician identify as the minimum amount of time prescriptions for controlled substances should be retained on file
1 year
2 years
5 years
10 years
A patient presents a pharmacy technician with a prescription for zopidium ( Ambien) that the prescriber wrote 6 weeks ago. Which of the following actions should the technician take
Process the prescription for the pharmacy to fill
In front of the patient that he must obtain a new handwritten prescription with a current date
Call the prescriber to verify authorization for filling the prescription
Inform the manager that the prescription is fraudulent.