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Pharmacy Policies and Procedures Answers

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Which excerpt from the Red River Pharmacy Policy and Procedure Manual is an example of a procedural step?

A
“A process will be used to help identify these drugs and prevent confusion.”
B
“Allergy-drug reaction – an adverse effect involving an allergic reaction.”
C
“Responsibility for implementation of this policy and its procedures is assigned to the pharmacist.”
D
“Do not dispense drug unless there is a documented change in allergy status.”
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What is the very first thing a pharmacy technician must do, according to the Drug-Drug Interaction and Allergy-Drug Reaction Policy?

A
check patient information to see whether the patient has any known allergies
B
update any outdated patient information
C
confirm the current medications and known allergies with patients when they pick up prescriptions
D
check patient information to see whether it includes a current medication list
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According to the Drug-Drug Interaction and Allergy-Drug Reaction Policy, what should happen if a drug-drug interaction is expected? Select all that apply.

A
Pharmacy software should provide an alert.
B
The pharmacist should notify the physician.
C
The patient’s medication list and allergies must be updated.
D
The pharmacy technician should dispense the drug.
E
Actions should be documented in the pharmacist’s notes.
F
The patient should be asked to contact the doctor.
4

When can prescriptions be dispensed without the patient’s confirming current medications and allergies?

A
The patient must confirm current medications and allergies at every prescription pick-up.
B
A proxy is picking up the prescription, and a list was provided by the physician.
C
The patient does not consent to provide a list of current medications and allergies.
D
If a drug-drug interaction is expected, the patient does not need to confirm the prescriptions.
5

Why is tall man lettering used in the pharmacy?

A
to make it more difficult for patients to read the names of drugs
B
to segregate drugs that might be easily confused
C
to prevent drug-drug interactions by combining these drugs
D
to make it easier to distinguish look-alike, sound-alike drugs
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What is the purpose of the Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Drugs Policy?

A
to prevent errors caused by dispensing similar-looking drugs or those with similar-sounding names
B
to describe proper drug-storage conditions in the pharmacy for all medications in the formulary
C
to explain how to use pharmacy software to identify patient allergies and prevent allergy-drug reactions
D
to prevent drug-drug interactions caused by confusing prescriptions dispensed by the pharmacy staff
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In the Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Drugs Policy, what is the pharmacy technician responsible for doing? Select all that apply.performing annual reviews of quality-control issuesbeing aware of possible look-alike, sound-alike drugsreading labels printed with tall man letteringstoring drugs in proper storage locationsnotifying pharmacy staff of the policy

A
performing annual reviews of quality-control issues
B
being aware of possible look-alike, sound-alike drugs
C
reading labels printed with tall man lettering
D
storing drugs in proper storage locations
E
notifying pharmacy staff of the policy
8

The Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Drugs Policy is based on whose standards? Select all that apply.

A
DEA
B
FDA
C
OSHA
D
Red River Pharmacy
E
ISMP
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If pharmacy technicians have questions about how to handle look-alike, sound-alike drugs, where should they look for more information?

A
the pharmacy policy and procedure manual
B
the Drug Enforcement Administration website
C
the pharmacy prescription-management software
D
the USP-797 Guidelines

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