PTCB Exam Study Guide Version 1 & 2 2021-2022; Common Drugs for Different Diseases, Drug Interactions, and Dosages.

PTCB Exam Study Guide Version 1 & 2 2021-2022; Common Drugs for Different Diseases, Drug Interactions, and Dosages. A physician write a prescription for lactulose syrup 1 tablespoon PO BID what volume in milliliters s ...

PTCB Exam Study Guide Version 1 & 2 2021-2022; Common Drugs for Different Diseases, Drug Interactions, and Dosages. A physician write a prescription for lactulose syrup 1 tablespoon PO BID what volume in milliliters sure the patient take per day A pharmacy receives the following prescription warfarin 2.5 mg tablets dispense four week supply sick code one tablet PO on Monday Wednesday and Friday and .5 tablet on Sunday Tuesday Thursday and Saturday what quantity of tablets will be needed to fill the prescription is the first dose is taken on a Sunday Which of the following medication purchases maybe tracked using methcheck To prevent cross-contamination between solid dosage forms like tablets and capsules a pharmacy technician should Which auxiliary label should be affixed to a prescription bottle of metronidazole How many 250 mg tablets of metronidazole are needed to make 150 mL of suspension containing 100 mg/milliliters A patient states that they experience shortness of breath while taking Catholics the pharmacy technician should enter an allergy to which class of anabiotic's in the patient's profile The generic name of Zyprexa is Which vitamin is a special important during pregnancy in order to prevent birth defects According to federal law how long in years must pharmacy maintain records for each controlled substance purchased received distributed or dispensed Which of the following is a recommended strategy for preventing medication errors A prescription written for which of the following drugs could be filled with atorvastatin if generic substitution is allowed In order to ensure that the appropriate product was selected from the shelf a pharmacy technician should verify the medications Under standard precautions it is considered safe for healthcare workers to come in direct contact with patients Which of the following auxiliary label should always be placed on an oral suspension For which of the following question should a pharmacy technician refer the patient to the pharmacist Saint johns wort is primarily used as A particular manufacture packages amlodipine 2.5 mg tablets with an NDC of 00603-2108-02 if a pharmacy technician wants to receive hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg capsules from the same manufacture which of the following NDC's should they order A pharmacy technician is asked to divide a bulk bottle of chloral hydrate 500 mg/5 mL into 1 teaspoon unit of use packaging the best option for portioning out the drug is to use For safety reasons the medical abbreviation q.d and QD should not be used instead they should be written as Which of the following organizations is tasked with enforcing proper medication disposal practice is to ensure that pharmaceutical waste does not contaminate waterways and drinking water According to federal law pharmacist must be alerted for consultations and all the following situations except A pharmacy technician receives a prescription for Dilaudid 4 mg tablets DAW the pharmacy is out of Dilaudid the technician feels the prescription with Hydromorphone the pharmacist performs the final check and tells the technician that Hydromorphone cannot be dispensed because Which of the following is an antiemetic The pharmacy received the following prescription tamsulosin 0.4 mg capsules SIG Code 0.4 mg PO daily for two weeks then increase 2.8 mg daily there after what quantity of capsules will be needed for the first 30 days Which part of the meniscus should the pharmacy technician used to measure the liquid in a graduated cylinder Digoxin is unavailable in which dosage form A vial of medication shows the manufactures expiration date is November 2026. The last date on which the medication may be used is A physician orders amoxicillin 50 MG/ML for a child at 1 mL PO Q8H for 10 days. What is the total volume that must be dispensed in email if the amoxicillin stock is 125 mg/5 mL The iPLEDGE restricted drug distribution program is associated with The primary purpose of rotating inventory in the pharmacy is to Which of the following is most important to ensuring the chemical stability of medication stored in a Pharmacy The following prescription is written for pro air HFA: SIG 2 puffs PO q.I.d. Dispense two inhalers of 8.5g how long in days should the supple last if there are 200 metered doses in each inhaler? Where should a pharmacy store NuvaRing? The following order arrives in the pharmacy: Lantus SoloStar #1 box (5 pens each containing 3 mL) SIG: 25 units SQ q.p.m. how long in days should this box of precooked pens last the patient? In order to minimize the risk of contamination by pathogens hospital staff should An example of a drug disease interaction is A compliance air may be indicated win a patient How many eight fluid ounce bottles can be packaged from a 1 gallon bottle of cough syrup Reconstituted oral Augmentin suspension prepared on April 2, 2025 would have a maximum beyond use date of Advair discus inhalation powder comes in a sealed pouch. Once the pouches open any remainder should be discarded after how many months According to federal law prescriptions for schedule iii controlled substances may Medications from which of the following categories should be handled with care because they are considered hazardous According to federal law a complete inventory of the controlled substances on hand in a pharmacy must be made every Which of the following may indicate incompatibility in his non-sterile According to the Institute for safe medication practices which of the following is considered a look like sound like medication pair Which of the following products must be dispensed in its original container Which two items on a manufactures bottle are typically used to identify recalled drugs Which of the following anabiotic products may cause a cross sensitivity reaction in patients who are allergic to penicillin Which of the following route of administration would be considered parenteral The pharmacy receives the following prescription levofloxacin 0.5% solution #1 bottle SIG: 2 gtts OD q2h while awake on days 1-2 then 2 gtts OD q4h while awake on days 3-7 where is the patient instructed to use the medication? A patient diagnosed with type two diabetes request a refill on a prescription for extended release glipizide the patient is approximately 15 days late and refilling the prescription the patient when asked if the medication is being taken as directed says "yes I always take it at breakfast but many days I simply don't have time to eat before I leave for work" how should the pharmacy technician respond? Which of the following conditions may help prevent medication errors A pharmacy technician should alert the pharmacist to counsel patient who has presented prescriptions for both The puncture resistant container that is used for needle disposal is referred to as a When determining therapeutic equivalence the FDA requires which of the following criteria to be identica For which of the following conditions could omeprazole be prescribed Look-alike/sound alike precautions should be applied to medications with similar If two drugs are commonly mistaken for each other what strategy could reduce the possibility of an era reaching the patient Which of the following foods are most likely to interfere with warfarin An important step that helps ensure that prescriptions are filled for and dispensed to the correct patient is A patient decides to transfer their diazepam prescription from a chain pharmacy to a mail order pharmacy that does not share a real time online database according to federal law schedule IV prescription The patient presents a new prescription order for labetalol. The patient's computer profile shows the following medications clip a ride, albuterol, furosemide, atenolol, and amlodipine. The labetalol prescription order is a therapeutic duplication of How often do patients typically receive oral metoprolol succinate when treating her potential Which of the following must be included if a new prescription is to be considered complete and clear What is the generic name for Lexapro A patient picking up a prescription for naproxen inquires if the pharmacy has OTC ibuprofen in response to the request the pharmacy technician should The pharmacy received the following prescription: Ondansetron 8mg ODT #5 Sig: 1 tab 30 min before chemotherapy then q12h for 1-2 days after chemotherapy How should this medication be taken? The theft or loss of significant quantities of controlled substances must be reported to The pharmacy receives the following prescription Fentanyl 100 mg/hr Apply 1 patch every 72 hours #10 an error appears to have been made in the medications Medical devices safety alerts are issued by the FDA when a device If there is an error in a medications expiration date on the manufacturers label what kind of recall is the FDA most likely to request A patient taking Xarelto is looking for an OTC medications to treat minor pain. Which of the following is most likely to be recommended Incompatibility between two components of a non-sterile compound may result in the Which of the following is an expectorant A hospitals pharmacies and therapeutic committee review medication error reports in order to help Which of the following medications is most likely to lead to impaired driving incidents A physician prescribes 5 mg of a drug per kilogram of body weight be ID for a patient weighing 110 pounds. How many 0.5 g tablets of the drug are required for a 10 day duration Which of the following medication classes is considered high alert Which of the following issues is the most likely target of a DUR A physician orders phenobarbital elixir 60 mg for a patient. The drug is available in a 20 mg/5 mL concentration. How many teaspoons should be given for each dose Which of the following medication should be avoided by patients allergic to sulfa drugs If 30 g of 0.5% hydrocortisone ointment is combined with 15 g of 2.5% hydrocortisone ointment which is the percent of the drug in the final product A reverse distributor for pharmaceuticals Which of the following medications are considered a therapeutic substitution VERSION 2 Pharmacy pharmacy receives the following prescription Suboxone 8 mg/2 mg SL film #60 SIG: 2 films SL once a day How should this medication be used Which of the following anabiotic's could cause the discoloration of teeth in young children According to the Institute for safe medication practices which of the following are considered look like/sound alike medication A pharmacy technicians fill the prescription with the wrong medication because of the similarity of the two containers but then catches the error. The technician should: A logical and systematic process used to help identify what, how, and why something happen in order to prevent recurrence is referred to as A pharmacy receives the following prescription: Suboxone 8 mg/2 mg SL film # 60 Sig: 2 films SL once a day How should this medication be used? What kind of lettering is encouraged by the FDA, ISMP, and TJC to help distinguish look-alike/ Sound-alike drugs from one another and avoid medication errors? A patient rushes to the pharmacy with an order written for digoxin 0.25 mg PO STAT, but the pharmacist has stepped out of the pharmacy to recommend an OTC medication. In this situation, the pharmacy technician should? The SDS provides safety information for? A physician writes a prescription for "lactulose syrup 1 tbsp PO b.i.d. " What volume, in ml, should the patient take per day? A pharmacy receives the following prescription: Ciprofloxacin 0.3 % solution #1 bottle Sig: 1-2 drops OS q2h while awake for 2 days then 1-2 drops q4h while awake for the next 5 days Where is the patient instructed to use the medication? What quantity, in mL, of 3 % acetic acid must be mixed with 15% acetic acid to give 2500 mL of 10 % acetic acid? Which of the following references would provide a pharmacy technician with information about identifying foreign drugs? An example of a drug-disease interaction is? A reverse distributor for pharmaceuticals? A physician orders phenobarbital elixir 60 mg for a patient. The drug is available in a 20 mg/ 5mL concentration. How many teaspoonfuls should be given for each dose? Which of the following antibiotic products may cause a cross-sensitivity reaction in patients who are allergic to penicillin? In accordance with USP, when a pharmacy technician is unpacking a shipment order that may contain cytotoxic agents, which of the following should be worn as a minimum precaution? When medication is repackaged, a record is kept for? Which of the following medications would require extra security if placed in a point-of-care automated dispensing unit? A prescriber writes a prescription for "XCIX tablets." How many tablets did the prescriber order? Upon obtaining initial patient information, the pharmacy technician should? Which of the following is the best strategy for reducing the possibility of dispensing errors when utilizing narcotics in nursing wards? A pharmacy technician is entering a prescription when a warning message appears that read, "Contraindicated in patients with sulfa sensitivity." Which part of the patient profile should be reviewed? When submitting a claim to Medicare for Zostavax administration, which professional service code should be sent for appropriate reimbursement to occur? How many 250 mg tablets of metronidazole are needed to make 150 mL of suspension containing 100 mg/mL? An important step that helps ensure that prescriptions are filled for and dispensed to the correct patient is? A vial of medication shows the manufacturer's expiration date a November 2020. The last date on which this medication may be used is? A pharmacy has established product inventory maintenance levels. There are two bottles containing 100 capsules of Prozac 20 mg on the shelf. A new prescription for 60 capsules has been presented by a patient who will return tomorrow. If the inventory maintenance level for Prozac 20 mg is 5 bottles of 100 capsules each, how many 100 capsule bottles should be ordered for tomorrow's delivery? Medicare Part D requires a patient to have which of the following to be eligible? A pharmacy technician receives the following order. Synalar crm 0.01% 30g Menthol 300 mg Salicylic acid 2% Sulfur 2% White petrolatum q.s. ad 120g Sig: Apply to scalp ut dict How much white petrolatum, in g, should be used to compound the prescription? How many 8 floz bottles can be packaged from a 1 gallon bottle of cough syrup? A physician orders amoxicillin 50mg/mL for a child at 1 mL PO q8h for 10 days. What is the total volume to be dispensed, in mL, if the amoxicillin stock is 125 mg/5mL? For safety reasons the medical abbreviation QOD should not be used; instead it should be written as? The brand name for nizatidine is If 30g of 0.5% hydrocortisone ointment is combined with 15g of 2.5% hydrocortisone ointment, what is the percentage of the drug in the final product? Which of the following is the correct term for the number of times that a pharmacy's entire stock is used and replaced within a certain period of time, such as a year? All of the following must appear on a repackaged unit-dose label except? Workers' compensation provides coverage for? Which of the following medications may need additional separation on the shelf to avoid dispensing errors with Librium if they are stored alphabetically by generic name? A prescription is written for an albuterol inhaler. " Dispense two inhalers of 8.5 gm, 2 puffs q.i.d." How many days will the supply last if there are 200 metered doses in each inhaler? To properly maintain a pharmacy software system, database files should be? A prescription written for which of the following drugs could be filled with atorvastatin if generic substitution is allowed? Which auxiliary label should be affixed to a prescription bottle of metronidazole? Which of the following activities may be performed by a clinically oriented pharmacy technician on a nutrition service? A particular manufacturer packages metoprolol succinate 100 mg tablets with an NDC of 49884-0827-01. If a pharmacy technician wants to recieve rosuvastatin 10 mg tablets from the same manufacturer, which of the following NDC's should they order? A pharmacy technician receives the following prescriptions: Hydrocortisone 2.5% cream and Aquaphor in 1:1 Quantity: 4 oz total What quantity of hydocortisone 2.5% cream,in g, should be entered on the compounding record? A patient presents a new prescription order for labetalol. The patient's computer profile shows the following medications: glyburide, albuterol, furosemide, atenolol, and amlodipine. The labetalol prescription order is a therapeutic duplication of? How many grams of dextrose are contained in 400 mL of 70% dextrose solution? Which of the following medications should be avoided by patients allergic to sulfa drugs? Which of the following could be a valid DEA number for Robert Smith, M.D? A pharmacy technician receives a prescription for Dilaudid 4 mg tablets DAW. The pharmacy is out of Dilaudid. The technician fills the prescription with Hydromorphone. The pharmacist performs the final check and tells the technician that hydromorphone cannot be dispensed because? Medical device safety alerts are issued by the FDA when a device? A patient would like a printout of their medication profile for the past 12 months as well as one for their child. In order to further assist the patient, the pharmacy technician should ask about the? A pharmacy technician receives a telephone call from a worried patient who heard on the news that an inhaler is being recalled. The technician should tell the patient to? The following information appears in a pharmacy patient profile: age: 3 years Weight: 40 kg Height: 36 inches Gender: male Allergies: Amoxicillin Which of the above fields appears to have been completed erroneously? When generic drugs or formulary products are dispensed, some third-party payers reward pharmacies by? When a pharmacy order is received, the shipment should be inspected for? Thiamine is one of which of the following vitamins? Which patient monitoring function identifies drugs to avoid using together? The theft or loss of significant quantities of controlled substances must be reported to the ? According to the ISMP, which of the following drug classifications is considered high-alert in a community pharmacy setting? If a pharmacy organizes its inventory with generic products next to the corresponding brand name products, which of the following medications will be correctly paired? According to USP Chapter 797, how should a pharmacy technician recap a needle to prevent a needle stick? When withdrawing an injectable drug from a glass ampule to transfer it into a sterile empty vial, the pharmacy technician should use a? The Primary routing mechanism for a real-time third-party prescription claim is a? According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), which of the following is considered a look-alike/Sound-alike medication pair? Which of the following sequences in the process of billing is correct when a patient has two insurance plans? The pharmacy technician should suspect the possibility of a counterfeit medication if the? Expired investigational drugs should be? What is the most important step to ensure proper payment form a third-party payer when a pharmacy technician receives and processes a prescription? According to federal law, prescriptions for Schedule III controlled substances may? A logical and systematic process used to help identify what, how, and why something happened in order to prevent recurrence is referred to as? Which of the following would be an appropriate source to consult regarding the handling of glacial acetic acid? {{ANS}}Safety Data Sheets Which of the following products must be dispensed in its original container? Which of the following is the best method for informing a physician that a particular drug has been discontinued by the manufacturer? In order to minimize the risk of contamination by pathogens, hospital staff should? A pharmacy technician is asked to divide a bulk bottle of chloral hydrate 500 mg/5mL into 1 teaspoon unit-of-use-packaging. The best option for portioning out the drug is to use an? The generic name for Aldactone is? Which of the following is an antiemetic? The pharmacy computer database should include all of the following except? Which of the following medication purchases must be tracked in MethCheck? A physician prescribes 5 mg of a drug per kilogram of body weight b.i.d. for a patient weighing 110 lb. How many 0.5 g tablets of the drug are required for a 10 day duration? Which of the following should not be refrigerated when stored at the pharmacy? Which of the following must be included if a new prescription is to be considered complete and clear? A patient decides to transfer their diazepam prescription from a chain pharmacy to a mail order pharmacy that does not share a real-time, online database. According to federal law, a schedule IV prescription? When intravenous solutions are prepared, end-product testing involves? A patient picking up a prescription order for naproxen inquires if the pharmacy has ibuprofen in a nonprescription strength. In response to this request, the pharmacy technician should? A pharmacy fills an average of 11,518 prescriptions on a third-party plan in a one month period. Of those, 42% are from new prescriptions, 18% are transfers ( electronic or telephone), and 40% are refills. What is the average number of prescriptions refilled each month? Which of the following products or services does OBRA require pharmacists to offer to Medicaid patients? according to federal law, a complete inventory of the controlled substances on hand in a pharmacy must be made every? A major role of the Pharmacy and Therapeutic (P & T) Committee is developing? Upon receipt of a medication order, two important steps should be taken, which include reviewing the order for? A patient diagnosed with type 2 diabetes requests a refill of a prescription for extended-release glipizide. The patient is approximately 15 days late in refilling the prescription. The patient, when asked if the medication is being taken as directed, says, "Yes I always take it a breakfast, but many days I simply don't have time to eat before I leave for work." How should the pharmacy technician respond?