Community Pharmacy

What is the main role of a pharmacy technician?

• Assist the pharmacist

• Assist the patients

• Compound medications

• Answering the phone and data entry

Pharmacy technicians perform all the following duties EXCEPT:

• Managing inventory and ordering

• Accepting payments and processing insurance claims

• Verification of medications

• Answering phones and data entry

What piece of information must be on a prescription, if the patient is prescribed a controlled substance?

• Patients complete name and address

• Doctors DEA number

• Patients date of birth

• The date the medication was prescribed

The subscription on a written prescription includes:

• Name, dosage form, strength, and quantity of medication prescribed.

• Directions to the patient on how to take the prescribed medication.

• Directions to the pharmacist or pharmacy technician on how to compound a prescription

• Rx symbol

The 4 parts of a written prescription are:

• Signatura, Inscription, Subscription, and Superscription

• Signa, Prescription, Subscription, and Inscription

• Prescription, Inscription, Subscription, and Suscription

The following information should be provided on a written EXCEPT:

• Patient's date of birth

• Pharmacy address

• Medication

• Patient's address

DAW code #2 means ____________________.

• Substitution allowed

• Brand dispensed, priced as generic

• Physician/Doctor writes dispense as written

• Patient request brand medication

What system compares all medications in the profile and reviews incorrect dosages and interactions?

• DUE

• NDC

• DAW

• NPI

After a prescription is filled, it normally always expires after ____ years.

• 3

• 2

• 1

• 4

What is the first thing that should be reviewed when filling a prescription?

• Vial

• NDC number on the stock bottle against the label

• Name of the patient

• Signa