52 Questions
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interpersonal skills = skills involving relationships between people Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA) = federal legislation enacted to regulate OTC sales of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine HIPAA = federal legislation designed to protect patient's personal and medical information and also to encourage use of electronic data interchange in the US Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act = federal legislation that created Medicare Part D and made allowance for Medicare recipients to receive Medicare medical coverage through private health insurance plans
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) = federal legislation requiring pharmacists to provide counseling to Medicaid patients receiving new prescriptions Red Flag Rule = a set of provisions created by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to help prevent identity theft from patient billing accounts maintained by medical and financial institutions transaction windows = counter areas designated for taking prescriptions and for dispensing them to patients counting tray = a tray designed for counting pills from a stock bottle into a prescription vial
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safety cap = a child-resistance cap automated filling and dispensing machines = automated machines that fill and label pill bottles with correct quantities of ordered drugs auxiliary labels = labels regarding specific warnings, foods or medications to avoid, potential side effects, and other cautionary interactions Medication Guides (MedGuides) = paper handouts that come with many prescription medicines to provide FDA-approved information that can help patients avoid serious adverse events; required for certain drugs
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patient package inserts (PPI) = patient information that is part of the FDA-approved prescription drug labeling; required to be dispensed with specific products or classes of products such as oral contraceptives signature log = a paper or electronic log patients sign to indicate they have picked up their prescription markup = the difference between the retailer's purchase price and their sale price shelf stickers = stickers with bar codes that can be scanned for inventory identification
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unit price = the price of a unit of medication such as one ounce of a liquid cold remedy A = B C = D E = F
Almost two-thirds of all drugs in the U.S. are dispensed at community pharmacies
True
At the counter, listening carefully and making eye contact are good interpersonal techniques
True
The pharmacy technician should not recommend OTC products to pharmacy customers
True
The dispensing code is only required for controlled substance perscriptions
False
HIPAA regulations do not apply to disease state management services provided by pharmacists
False
Safety caps are not used for patients who request an easy open cap
True
Schedule II controlled substance orders must be checked and signed for by the pharmacist
True
When a technician prepares a prescription, it is always checked by the pharmacist before dispensing to the patient
True
Signature logs serve as proof to third-party payers that the prescription was dispensed to the patient
True
Net profit is the difference between the selling price and the acquisition cost
False
Canes, walkers, and wheelchairs are examples of DME
True
Community pharmacies within stores, like Walmart or Kmart, that are part of regional or national mass merchandise chains are
mass merchandiser pharmacies
________ requires community pharmacies to provide counseling to Medicaid patients
OBRA 90
MTM is part of
MMA
Medicare Part D relies on _____________ to provide medication coverage to eligible patients
prescription drug plans
The Red Flag Rule was enacted to
help prevent identity theft
The final check of a new prescription is performed by
the pharmacist
Scanning a hard-copy prescription is
for purposes of accuracy and record-keeping
OTC product recommendations should be made by
pharmacists
Required to be dispensed with oral contraceptives
PPIs
Pharmacy technicians are responsible for all of the following except
recommending OTC products to patients
Separation of trash in pharmacies is in accordance with
HIPAA
More technicians and pharmacists are employed in _____ than any other type of pharmacy
community pharmacy
Pharmacy technicians
all of the above
The HIPAA laws
requires that health information be kept confidential
The refrigerator in a community pharmacy may be used to store
drugs only
When entering a new prescription into the pharmacy computer, the technician must enter the following information
both b and c
An NDC number
is an 11-digit number unique to each product
All dispensed prescriptions must have a __________ cap unless the patient specifies a ______ cap
child-resistant, non-child-resistant
A Kirby-Lester is
an automatic pill counter
Labels that are placed on the prescription container in addition to the prescription label provide specific warnings that are called
auxiliary labels
A (an)___________ is a book that patients sign for prescriptions they receive
signature log
A few of the many tasks that pharmacy technicians are responsible for include
both a and b
Operating a cash register generally requires
all of the above
The medication known as Pepto Bismol, or pink bismuth, is used to treat
diarrhea
A prepared prescription label contains
all of the above
Which statement is true about a prescription written for meclizine 12.5 mg to be given 8 hours for 4 days?
12 tablets should be dispensed
The herbal supplement turmeric has medicinal use as (an)
anti-inflammatory supplement
When entering a prescription for amoxicillin into the pharmacy dispensing system, the system flags that the patient has an allergy to penicillin. What should be done?
involve the pharmacist in verifying the allergy and call the patient's prescribing physician
The generic name for the drug marketed as Motrin or Advil is
ibuprofen
Lipitor is the brand name of which generic drug
atorvastatin
How is a children's oral antibiotic powdered medication prepared for dispensing?
both a and b
Which statement is true regarding the final dispensing of a prescription to a patient?
a and c
When entering a prescription for fluoxetine 10 mg into the dispensing system and billing it to the patient's third-party insurance plan, the insurance plan rejects the claim stating "refill too soon, refill payable in 4 days." What action should be taken next?
Inform the patient that the prescription can be billed to the third-party plan in 4 days and explain that the prescription will be filled at that time
What is the cost for 30 tablets of a drug if the cost for 100 tablets is $75?
The retail price for a prescription is $37.50. What amount should be charged if the patient is to receive a 10% discount?
A third-party plan reimburses AWP - 10% plus a $2.00 dispensing fee. If a drug has an AWP of $20.50, what will be the dollar amount of the reimbursement from the third party?
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