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Staffing and Emergency Preparedness in Pharmacy, Exams of Pharmacy

The role of pharmacists and pharmacy staff in emergency preparedness and disaster response. It covers topics such as the coordination of the american red cross, the federal agency responsible for disaster response, the importance of vaccinations in preventing pandemics, and the proper procedures for compounding and handling medications in an emergency situation. The document also addresses the use of automated dispensing cabinets (adcs) to help reduce errors and increase efficiency in a hospital setting, as well as the proper handling and restocking of crash boxes containing emergency medications. Overall, this document provides valuable information for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other healthcare professionals on how to effectively prepare for and respond to various types of emergencies and disasters.

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2024/2025

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Download Staffing and Emergency Preparedness in Pharmacy and more Exams Pharmacy in PDF only on Docsity! PTU EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED 2024/2025 (GRADED A+) Before entering a shelter during an emergency, you may need to provide your pet's: - ✔✔Immunization records How can your pharmacy prepare for an emergency? - ✔✔Maintain medication inventory Ensuring employees take breaks and eat food during an emergency is part of what pharmacy plan? Select one: Evacuation Pharmacist's Staffing Employee safety - ✔✔Staffing What is the main responsibility of disaster medical assistance teams (DMATs)? Select one: Supply stockpiled medications to public health departments Provide medical care to people affected by a disaster Enable pharmacists to provide medications during an emergency Coordinate the response of the American Red Cross - ✔✔Provide medical care to people affected by a disaster Pandemics can be prevented by offering patients: Select one: Antipyretics Antiseptics Vitamin C Vaccinations - ✔✔Vaccinations Which federal agency coordinates responses to disasters that overwhelm local resources? Select one: CDC DEA FEMA DMAT - ✔✔FEMA Which type of action is needed to prevent or minimize loss in an emergency? Select one: Immediate Gradual Prolonged Sporadic - ✔✔Immediate Whose emergency plans should you know? Select one: City council's Local government's Local church's Family's work sites - ✔✔Family's work sites What training would the pharmacy's emergency program committee set up? Select one: Basic life support Continuing education Sexual harassment Theft prevention - ✔✔Basic life support Downward circular motion, starting from the wrist Upward straight motion, starting from the elbow Upward circular motion, starting from the elbow - ✔✔Downward circular motion, starting from the wrist Steven is about to start his second round of chemotherapy. His chemotherapy medication is dosed by his BSA. He weighs 200 lb and is 72 in tall. What is his BSA? Select one: 2.00 m2 2.15 m2 4.61 m2 4.64 m2 - ✔✔2.15 m2 Which sterile garb item can be reused in non-hazardous sterile compounding? Select one: Eye shield Hair cover Shoe covers Sterile gloves - ✔✔Eye shield Piercing the rubber stopper with a needle at a 45- to 90-degree angle prevents: Select one: Coring Decoding Milking Scooping - ✔✔Coring Cynthia just compounded an IV push for a patient in the hospital. She's going to hand deliver the syringe to the ED, but doesn't want to transport it with the needle attached. What should she use to prevent contamination of the syringe when the needle is removed? Select one: Amber dark bag Luer-to-luer connector Rubber syringe cap Vented filter needle - ✔✔Rubber syringe cap if a product is sterile, it is free from: Select one: Diluents Medications Microorganisms Solvents - ✔✔Microorganisms Which drug class does a chemotherapy order usually contain as a premedication to help prevent side effects? Select one: Antacid Antiandrogen Antiemetic Antihypertensive - ✔✔Antiemetic Which is an example of an IV drug incompatibility? Select one: Two medications that are mixed to form a solid Two medications that are mixed to form a solution Medication that is dangerous to use because it's expired Medication that causes the patient to have an allergic reaction - ✔✔Two medications that are mixed to form a solid Glorio, an IV technician, must compound a STAT IV potassium order for a patient. Which type of flow hood is normally used for non-hazardous compounds? Select one: Biological Horizontal Isolator Vertical - ✔✔Horizontal You are compounding a chemotherapy medication, and you drop a vial on the ground. The liquid spills everywhere. What should you do next? Select one: Grab the SDS Isolate the area Pour water on the liquid Soak up the liquid with a towel - ✔✔Isolate the area What is normal saline? Select one: 0.45% sodium chloride 0.9% sodium chloride 5% dextrose 10% dextrose - ✔✔0.9% sodium chloride If it's not stated, the beyond-use date of a multi-dose vial is understood to be how many days? Select one: 1 7 14 28 - ✔✔28 While compounding an IV order - ✔✔At the beginning of every shift Which combination causes the medication to form a white solid in a y-site? Select one: Ampicillin and gentamicin Fosphenytoin and NS Imipenem and cilastatin Phenytoin and D5W - ✔✔Phenytoin and D5W Georgia needs to withdraw 5 mL of fluid from a vial. How much air should be in her syringe before she inserts the needle into the vial? Select one: 2.5 mL 5 mL 7.5 mL 10 mL - ✔✔5 mL Dolores is about to withdraw the contents of a vial to add to an IV bag. She has 1/2", 5/8", 1" and 3" needles in stock. Which size should she choose? Select one: 1/2" 5/8" 1" 3" - ✔✔1" What is the brush side of the sponge brush used to clean? Select one: Underneath the nails In between the fingers The palms of the hands The backs of the hands - ✔✔Underneath the nails The first item to clean in the flow hood is the: Select one: Hang bar HEPA filter Laminar bench Side wall - ✔✔Hang bar A chemotherapy order comes to your pharmacy for a patient. On the order, you see "dexamethasone 4 mg IV prn fever." Which part of the sig should give the pharmacy concern? Select one: Dose Indication Route Strength - ✔✔Indication An order calls for furosemide in dextrose 5% in water. Which base solution bag should you pull? Select one: D5W D5LR D5NS D5½NS - ✔✔D5W What is a dispensing pin used for? Select one: To protect the syringe cap from contamination To transfer the contents of one syringe to another To prevent coring when a vial is punctured multiple times To filter shards of glass when withdrawing fluid from an ampule - ✔✔To prevent coring when a vial is punctured multiple times What is an advantage of dispensing a medication in an Add-Vantage system? Select one: Aseptic garbing can be skipped Labeling can be skipped to save time It can be mixed outside of an anteroom Any type of needle can be used when compounding - ✔✔It can be mixed outside of an anteroom After cleaning the ceiling in the flow hood, the next area to clean in the hood is the: Select one: Hang bar HEPA filter Laminar bench Side wall - ✔✔Side wall Which term means "without infection?" Select one: Aseptic Sanitary Septic Unsanitary - ✔✔Aseptic Which room in the pharmacy is used for sterile compounding? Select one: Ante Buffer Shoe covers Sterile gloves - ✔✔Non-shedding gown What is the correct order of cleaning the flow hood? Select one: Ceiling, workbench, side walls, hang bar Hang bar, ceiling, side walls, workbench Side walls, ceiling, hang bar, workbench Workbench, side walls, ceiling, hang bar - ✔✔Hang bar, ceiling, side walls, workbench Which action is performed in the anteroom? Select one: Aseptic handwashing Cleaning of flow hood Donning of sterile gloves Compounding sterile products - ✔✔Aseptic handwashing Which part of the syringe has volume demarcations? Select one: Barrel Hub Plunger Tip - ✔✔Barrel The air flows parallel to the compounder in which type of flow hood? Select one: Ductless Horizontal Isolator Vertical - ✔✔Vertical Harry is about to compound a sterile order for daptomycin. He calculates the amount he'll need to withdraw is 12 mL. Which syringe size should he pick? Select one: 10 mL 15 mL 20 mL 60 mL - ✔✔15 mL Which product is required to be sterile? Select one: Ophthalmic solution Oral elixir Rectal suspension Vaginal oil - ✔✔Ophthalmic solution A prescription comes through your pharmacy. It states: "Cisplatin 50 mg/m2 IV as a single dose once every 3 to 4 weeks." If the patient's BSA is 2.10 m2, which is the correct dose to give the patient today? Select one: 0.04 mg 24 mg 50 mg 105 mg - ✔✔105 mg A prescription comes through your pharmacy. It states: "Vincristine 1.4 mg/m2 IV weekly for 4 weeks." If the patient's BSA is 2.56 m2, which is the correct dose to give the patient today? Select one: 0.55 mg 1.83 mg 3.59 mg 14.36 mg - ✔✔3.59 mg The pharmacy's anteroom room is used for: Select one: Checking medication orders Compounding sterile products Storing compounding supplies Typing new medication orders - ✔✔Storing compounding supplies When breaking an ampule inside a flow hood, aim it towards the: Select one: Ceiling HEPA filter Side wall Workbench - ✔✔Side wall Used needles are thrown in the: Select one: Anteroom sink Needle bin Regular trash Sharps container - ✔✔Sharps container Which supply item should be used to add diluent to powdered medications to prevent foaming? Select one: Use the brush side of the sponge brush to clean her nails Use the sponge side of the sponge brush to clean her arms Take out the nail pick and clean the palms of each hand Take out the nail pick and clean underneath her fingernails - ✔✔Take out the nail pick and clean underneath her fingernails Which dosage route requires compounding with preservative-free medications? Select one: Epidural Intramuscular Otic Subcutaneous - ✔✔Epidural You are about to compound a sterile order for chlorothiazide. You calculate the amount you'll need to withdraw is 20 mL. Which syringe size should you pick? Select one: 10 mL 15 mL 20 mL 30 mL - ✔✔30 mL Which sterile garb item is donned right after the bouffant cap? Select one: Eye shield Face mask Shoe covers Sterile gloves - ✔✔Face mask A flow hood HEPA filter needs to be changed: Select one: Daily Weekly Monthly Biannually - ✔✔Biannually Which medication class must be compounded in a vertical flow hood? Select one: Antibiotics Cardiovascular Chemotherapy Electrolytes - ✔✔Chemotherapy Which item is doffed first after sterile compounding has finished? Select one: Eye shield Hair cover Non-shedding gown Sterile gloves - ✔✔Sterile gloves Who usually preps IV tubing on a chemotherapy medication bag? Select one: Chemotherapy nurse Medical assistant Oncologist Pharmacy technician - ✔✔Pharmacy technician Which area in the pharmacy must have an air quality of ISO class of 5 or better? Select one: Anteroom Buffer room Laminar hood Washroom sink - ✔✔Laminar hood Jenni just finished compounding chemotherapy. Where should she throw her empty medication vial? Select one: Anteroom PPE bin Broken glass bin Black trash bag Yellow sharps container - ✔✔Yellow sharps container What is an advantage of aseptic handwashing? Select one: It sterilizes you for your entire shift. It can be done anywhere in the pharmacy. It allows you to compound outside of the clean rooms. It helps protect patients from receiving contaminated meds. - ✔✔It helps protect patients from receiving contaminated meds. What is an example of a STAT medication order? Select one: "Acetaminophen 650 mg PO when Temperature is > 38°C" "Morphine 5 mg IV for severe pain. Give now" "Simvastatin 20 mg 1 tablet po qhs" "Trazadone 100 mg po qhs for sleep" - ✔✔Morphine 5 mg IV for severe pain. Give now The social history section of a patient's EMR will display their: Select one: Alcohol use Familial diseases Medication history Vital signs - ✔✔Alcohol use An admitting order is a medication order that is filled when the patient is: Select one: First accepted into the hospital Leaving the hospital In urgent need of the medication Renewing a daily medication in the hospital - ✔✔First accepted into the hospital Each drug product sold in the U.S. is assigned a unique 10-digit number. This number is referred to as the: Select one: DAW number DEA number NDC number Serial number - ✔✔NDC number A hospital would use an ADC to: Select one: Help reduce errors and increase efficiency Alert the technician to take their 15-minute break Assign the patient an eMAR identification number Alert the nurse that the patient's medications are due to be given - ✔✔Help reduce errors and increase efficiency Which medications on this refill form need to be restocked in the crash box? Drug NamePar LevelCurrent LevelDextrose 50%32Epinephrine 1:100022Epinephrine 1:10,00033Metoprolol 5 mg10 Select one: Metoprolol 5 mg; Dextrose 50% Dextrose 50%; Epinephrine 1:1,000 Epinephrine 1:10,000; Metoprolol 5 mg Epinephrine 1:1,000; Epinephrine 1:10,000 - ✔✔Metoprolol 5 mg; Dextrose 50% The information on a hospital medication label usually requires the patient's: Select one: Insurance carrier Phone number Physical address Room number - ✔✔Room number In the hospital, how often are ADCs filled? Select one: Once a week In the evening In the morning Throughout the day - ✔✔Throughout the day In a hospital setting, current medications are also known as: Select one: Admitting Routine Standing Stat - ✔✔Routine Which steps are in the correct order for refilling a crash box? Select one: Charge, refill, flag earliest expiration date, prep for pharmacist verification Flag earliest expiration date, charge, prep for pharmacist verification, refill Prep for pharmacist verification, flag earliest expiration date, refill, charge Refill, charge, prep for pharmacist verification, flag earliest expiration date - ✔✔Charge, refill, flag earliest expiration date, prep for pharmacist verification CPOE is a medication order that is sent to the pharmacy via: Select one: Computer Fax Oral Pneumatic tube - ✔✔Computer Which item has a bar code that includes an NDC, lot number, and expiration date? Select one: Drug stock bottle eMAR Patient wristband Physician order - ✔✔Drug stock bottle Which phrase is the correct way to communicate with the nurse when delivering a medication for a patient? Select one: "Here's Mr. Jones' pain medication." "Here's the ibuprofen for Jack Jones." "Here's the medication for Jack Jones." 90-day supply of medication - ✔✔1-day supply of medication An inpatient takes lovastatin 40 mg every 24 hours. How many 20 mg tablets should you put in the med cart drawer? Select one: 1 2 3 4 - ✔✔2 An inpatient takes ibuprofen 600 mg every 6 hours. How many ibuprofen 600 mg tablets should you put in the med cart drawer for a 24-hour fill? Select one: 1 2 3 4 - ✔✔4 Many inpatient medications are dosed on the patient's: Select one: Ethnicity Height Sex Weight - ✔✔Weight Omnicell and Pyxis are two companies that provide what to pharmacies? Select one: Automated dispensing cabinets Certified technicians Crash carts Medications - ✔✔Automated dispensing cabinets A chemotherapy auxiliary sticker is usually which color? Select one: Blue Red White Yellow - ✔✔Yellow Where are ADCs commonly found in a hospital? Select one: Inpatient pharmacies Nursing stations Patient rooms Satellite pharmacies - ✔✔Nursing stations Pharmacy technicians are responsible for: Select one: Restocking used crash boxes Administering crash box meds Verifying restocked crash boxes Billing insurance for crash box meds - ✔✔Restocking used crash boxe Intravenous dosage forms are most commonly seen in which pharmacy setting? Select one: Community Compounding Hospital Mail-order - ✔✔Hospital Which medication type must be hand-delivered to the floor, due to potential issues with pneumatic tube delivery? Select one: Cream Parenteral nutrition Powder Unit-dose liquid - ✔✔Parenteral nutrition Which is a primary function of a medication reconciliation technician? Select one: Administering medication to the patient Gathering a list of the patient's medications Consulting the patient about medication use Making a diagnosis based on the patient's condition - ✔✔Gathering a list of the patient's medications Which is an example of a drug-drug interaction error? Select one: Two of the same antidepressant medications are taken at once Multiple combined medications causing severe high blood pressure Antidepressant medication dose is too high for patient's depression Diagnosis of depression but patient is not taking any depression meds - ✔✔Multiple combined medications causing severe high blood pressure A thorough medication reconciliation will always contain the drug's: Select one: Imprint Select one: CMR MAP PML TMR - ✔✔PML What does "MAP" stand for? Select one: Medication Action Plan Medication Approval Plan Medical Assistant Program Medical Approval Program - ✔✔Medication Action Plan ou receive the following prescription: Dextrose 5% solution 100 mL You have dextrose 20% solution in stock. How much diluent do you need to fill the prescription? Select one: 25 mL 50 mL 75 mL 90 mL - ✔✔75 mL Calculate how many parts of each ingredient are needed for the following medication order: Prepare a lidocaine 2% cream using a lidocaine 1% cream and a lidocaine 5% cream. Select one: 3 parts of 5%, 1 part of 2% 1 part of 5%, 3 parts of 1% 1 part of 2%, 4 parts of 1% 5 parts of 1%, 2 parts of 3% - ✔✔1 part of 5%, 3 parts of 1% Express the drug concentration for clotrimazole 1% w/w. Select one: 1 g/100 g 1 g/100 mg 1 mg/100 g 1 mg/100 mg - ✔✔1 g/100 g What is the flow rate in mL/hr? Acyclovir 10 mg/kg/dose in D5W 100 mL, IV, infuse over 60 min Select one: 100 mL/hr 50 mL/hr 75 mL/hr 25 mL/hr - ✔✔100 mL/hr What units are used to express a w/v drug concentration? Select one: mg/L mg/mL mL/mL g/mL - ✔✔g/mL You receive the following medication order: Lidocaine 2.5% solution Qty: 125 mL Using lidocaine 5% solution and lidocaine 1% solution, calculate how many parts of each ingredient you need. Select one: 2.5 parts of 1%, 1.5 parts of 5% 2.5 parts of 5%, 1.5 parts of 1% 2.5 parts of 5%, 4 parts of 1% 2.5 parts of 1%, 4 parts of 5% - ✔✔2.5 parts of 1%, 1.5 parts of 5% Express permethrin 5% as a decimal. Select one: 0.005 0.05 0.5 5.0 - ✔✔0.05 Administer 1 L of TPN solution at 75 mL/hr. What is the rate in gtt/min if the drop set used is 20 gtts/mL? Select one: 125 gtt/min 25 gtt/min 12.5 gtt/min 20 gtt/min - ✔✔25 gtt/min Calculate the amount of each ingredient for the following medication order: Prepare 1,000 mL of D10W using D20W and D2.5W. Round to the tenths place. Select one: 428.6 mL of D2.5, 571.4 mL of D20 428.6 mL of D20, 571.4 mL of D2.5 571.4 mL of D2.5, 428.6 mL of D10 571.4 mL of D10, 428.6 mL of D2.5 - ✔✔428.6 mL of D20, 571.4 mL of D2.5 Spironolactone suspension Spironolactone powder 1,800 mg Peppermint extract 0.9 mL Ora-Blend® qsad 900 mL Select one: 0.05 mg 60 mg 90 mg 36,000 mg - ✔✔90 mg How many grams of diphenhydramine are in 60 g of diphenhydramine 2% cream? Select one: 0.12 1.2 12 120 - ✔✔1.2 You have dextrose 60% solution in stock. How much of the stock solution do you need to make a 100 mL dextrose 10% solution? Select one: 167 mL 6 mL 60 mL 16.7 mL - ✔✔16.7 mL How many milliliters of a 30% solution can be made from 100 mL of a 90% solution? Select one: 33 mL 333 mL 300 mL 30 mL - ✔✔300 mL A compounding formula is also known as a(n): Select one: prescription recipe list order - ✔✔recipe Convert 0.0045 to a percent. Select one: 0.045% 0.45% 4.5% 45% - ✔✔0.45% How many parts of sodium chloride 0.45% are in 100 parts of solution? Select one: 0.045 0.45 4.5 45 - ✔✔0.45 You are tasked to make 2 mL of tobramycin 8% solution. You calculate that you need to use 1 mL of tobramycin 16% stock solution to make it. How much diluent will you need to use? Select one: 1 mL 2 mL 3 mL 4 mL - ✔✔1 mL You receive the following prescription: Progesterone 4% cream Apply as directed 60 g Your pharmacy stocks progesterone cream 10%. How much stock cream is needed to fill the prescription? Select one: - ✔✔24 g How long will the bag last for the following order? Potassium chloride 10 mEq 50 mL D5W Rate: 50 mL/hr Select one: 0.5 hour 1 hour 3/4 hour 1/4 hour - ✔✔1 hour Calculate the amount of each ingredient for the following medication order: Prepare 50 g of triamcinolone 0.2% cream using triamcinolone 0.025% cream and triamcinolone 0.5% cream. Round to the tenths place. Select one: 31.6 g of 0.5%, 18.4 g of 0.025% 18.4 g of 0.5%, 31.6 g of 0.025% 31.6 g of 0.2%, 18.4 g of 0.025% 18.4 g of 0.025%, 31.6 g of 0.5% - ✔✔18.4 g of 0.5%, 31.6 g of 0.025% Xopenex HFA 2 puffs q6h prn #3 inhalers Your pharmacy's retail price for medication is the AWP plus a $4.00 dispensing fee. What will be the retail price for Ms. Yolk's prescription if the AWP for one inhaler is $44? Select one: $44 $48 $136 $148 - ✔✔$136 Your pharmacy just ran its inventory. The initial inventory value was $175,500. The ending inventory value was $55,000. What's your pharmacy's average annual inventory? Select one: $60,000 $115,250 $120,000 $230,500 - ✔✔$115,250 Your pharmacy's initial inventory was $325,900, and your ending inventory is $245,000. The pharmacy's cost of goods sold was $800,000. What is the ITOR? Round to the nearest tenths place. Select one: 2.8 3.8 4.8 5.8 - ✔✔2.8 How much does each tablet cost if the pharmacy pays $165 for a 500-count bottle of hydroxyzine 10 mg? Select one: $0.03 $0.33 $3.03 $33.00 - ✔✔$0.33 Ms. Hassid brings in the following prescription: Zolpidem 10 mg tabs Take 1 HS #30 If the pharmacy charges $153 for 30 tablets, how much will Ms. Hassid pay for 7 tablets? Select one: $5.10 $35.70 $73.20 $153.00 - ✔✔$35.70 The pharmacy's cost for 2 bottles of Jublia 10% solution is $698. The selling price for 2 bottles is $849. What is the markup percent? Round up to the nearest percentage. Select one: 12% 18% 22% 28% - ✔✔22% our pharmacy's income is $1,654,225 and has the following overhead. What is your pharmacy's net profit? Pharmacist Salary$235,000Technician Salaries$ 75,000Rent$ 14,000Utilities$ 5,000Maintenance$ 3,000Liability Insurance$ 4,500Business Insurance$ 4,500Drug Purchases$625,000 Select one: $688,225 $866,225 $1,236,225 $1,654,225 - VV $688,225