Pharmacy Tech Quiz 2

What is used for patient identification in a hospital order entry in lieu of the patient’s address and telephone number?

• Room number

• Insurance number

• Medical records number

• Birth date

Answer explanation

Instead of using name, address, and telephone number for identification, the pharmacy uses The patient’s medical record number.

Which pharmacy technician works in a small specialty pharmacy that supplies a specific area of the hospital?

• Supply

• Inventory

• Satellite

• Patient

Answer explanation

A satellite pharmacy tech may be responsible for all tasks related to a small, isolated pharmacy, such as answering telephones, ordering and putting away stock, preparing parenteral medications, transcribing, pulling all medication orders, and making deliveries to nursing stations.

Which of the following advanced practice positions involve(s) communication with patients?

• Pharmacy purchasing agent

• Medication reconciliation technician

• Managed care pharmacy technician

• Medication reconciliation technician

  and

  Managed care pharmacy technician

Answer explanation

The medication reconciliation technician’s responsibilities begin with interviewing patients about their at-home medications, including pescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, or herbal supplements. Primarily working in an office setting, the managed care pharmacy tech’s responsibilities include providing benefit information to the patient or consumer.

The provision of pharmaceutical care through the use of telecommunications and information technologies to patients at a distance is called

• Wireless pharmacy

• Telecom pharmacy

• Techno pharmacy

• Telepharmacy

Answer explanation

The National Association of Board of Pharmacy (NABP) defines telepharmacy as ”the provision of pharmaceutical care through the use of telecommunications and information technologies to patients at a distance”

Which one of the following is not a reason for pharmacy to repackage a bulk medication?

• Repackaging helps the technicians learn the drug names and strengths

• Purchasing a bulk medication is less expensive than purchasing a unit-dosed medication

• Certain medications are not available in unit doses

• Repackaging may decrease the wait time for the patient to receive the medication

Which of the following statements is(are) true regarding a class A balance?

• Class A balance is also called a torsion or class III balance

• Class A balance is required by most states’ board of pharmacy

• Class A balance uses special milligram and gram weights for counterbalance

• All options are correct

Answer explanation

A Class III balance, also called a class A balance, is a torsion balance. This type of scale uses a counterbalance (weights) to determine the weight of the substance being measured and is referred to as a mechanical scale (required by most states’ board of pharmacy) This type of scale has special weights that are labeled in a range of milligrams and grams.

Which of the following is adjacent to the anteroom?

• Green Room

• Clean or buffer room

• Primary engineering control room

• Non-sterile compounding room

How often must IV hoods be certified?

• Once a year

• Once a month

• Only at installation

• Verified every 6 months or whenever they are moved

Answer explanation

The IV hoods must be verified and verified every 6 months or whenever moved to ensure their ability to filter contaminants.

Which of the statements is not true regarding sharps containers?

• The are always located inside the hoods

• They are required for the disposal of needles and syringes

• They should be replaced when two-thirds full

• They must be picked up or delivered to an approved red bag or medical waste treatment site

What is the sequence in donning PPEs?

• Head and facial hair covers, shoe covers, face mask/eye shields

• Head and facial hair covers, face mask/eye shield, shoe covers

• Shoe covers, head and facial hair covers, face mask/eye shield

• Shoe covers, face mask/eye shields, head and facial hair covers

Answer explanation

The proper sequence is shoe covers, hair covers, face mask/eye shield