MIDTERM 01 - Prescription Order

Question 1

Is a legal document or order written by a qualified health care professional for diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of a specific patient’s disease

Answer 1

Prescription

Question 2

Contains the name of doctor or office, address with phone number and email, prescription number, and license number (Parts of a prescription)

Answer 2

Prescriber information

Question 3

Contains the patient’s name, age, weight, gender, and address; it is used to confirm the identity of the patient (Parts of a prescription)

Answer 3

Patient information

Question 4

It refers to the date the prescription was made; it protects the patient from abusing a medication that is habit-forming (Parts of a prescription)

Answer 4

Date

Question 5

It contains the Latin symbol Rx which means take thou (Parts of a prescription)

Answer 5

Superscription

Question 6

The superscription contains the Latin symbol “Rx” which means __________

Answer 6

Take thou

Question 7

Was the Greek god of healing

Answer 7

Jupiter

Question 8

It contains information about the drug’s composition and dose (Parts of a prescription)

Answer 8

Inscription

Question 9

It contains instructions for the pharmacist on how to produce a dose (Parts of a prescription)

Answer 9

Subscription

Question 10

It contains instructions for the patient; it includes how and when should the medicines are taken (Parts of a prescription)

Answer 10

Signatura/Signa/Transcription

Question 11

Brand name comes before the generic name (Types of prescription error)

Answer 11

Erroneous

Question 12

Generic name is in the parenthesis (Types of prescription error)

Answer 12

Erroneous

Question 13

Brand name is not in parenthesis (Types of prescription error)

Answer 13

Erroneous

Question 14

Fill the prescription and report to DOH (Types of prescription error)

Answer 14

Erroneous

Question 15

No generic name is included (Types of prescription error)

Answer 15

Violative

Question 16

Generic name is not readable or legible but brand name is legible (Types of prescription error)

Answer 16

Violative

Question 17

“No substitution” is included (Types of prescription error)

Answer 17

Violative

Question 18

Do not fill prescription and report to DOH (Types of prescription error)

Answer 18

Violative, Impossible

Question 19

Brand name and generic name are illegible (Types of prescription error)

Answer 19

Impossible

Question 20

Brand name does not match with generic name (Types of prescription error)

Answer 20

Impossible

Question 21

Medicine is not registered with the FDA (Types of prescription error)

Answer 21

Impossible

Question 22

The pharmacist must get the prescription; while accepting the prescription, a pharmacist should not alter his/her facial expression in any way (Procedures in handling prescription)

Answer 22

Receiving

Question 23

Behind the counter, the prescription should be checked after it is received (Procedures in handling prescription)

Answer 23

Reading and checking

Question 24

Materials should be retrieved from shelves or drawers prior to compounding; check for the calibration of the apparatus used for weighing (Procedures in handling prescription)

Answer 24

Collecting and weighing

Question 25

Compounding must be carefully carried out in accordance with the pharmacopoeia or formulary instructions; the container should be clearly marked with a label (Procedures in handling prescription)

Answer 25

Compounding, labeling, and packaging

Question 26

The handwritten prescription might be difficult to read in some cases (Sources of error in prescription)

Answer 26

Legibility

Question 27

To recheck the entire medicine, no one is accessible to do so (Sources of error in prescription)

Answer 27

Checking

Question 28

The dispenser needs additional time to adequately manage a large number of customers (Sources of error in prescription)

Answer 28

Too many customers/patients

Question 29

Every dispenser should focus on prescription; dispenser should be attentive at all times (Sources of error in prescription)

Answer 29

Lack of concentration

Question 30

The use of mobile phones during business hours should be avoided (Sources of error in prescription)

Answer 30

Too many phone calls and social media

Question 31

Experience is very crucial in this field; one must familiarize with the list of drugs in the pharmacy and read reference materials (Sources of error in prescription)

Answer 31

Lack of experience