Pharmacy Times Continuing Education – PTCE Exam Questions with COMPLETE SOLUTION

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Pharmacy Times Continuing Education – PTCE Exam Questions with COMPLETE SOLUTION What organization is tasked with enforcing disposal practices to ensure that pharmaceutical waste does not contami... nate waterways and drinking water? - ✔✔FDA Where should a pharmacy store a NuvaRing? - ✔✔Refrigerator, at 2℃ to 8℃ (36℉ to 46℉) A prescription written for which of the following drugs could be filled with atorvastatin if generic substitution is allowed? - ✔✔Lipitor A pharmacy technician receives a prescription for Dilaudid 4 mg tablets DAW. The pharmacy is out of Dilaudid. The technician fills the prescription with hydromorphone. The pharmacist performs the final check and tells the technician that hydromorphone cannot be dispensed because: - ✔✔generic substitution is not authorized by prescriber. A patient taking Xarelto is looking for an OTC medication to treat minor pain. What is most likely to be recommended? - ✔✔Acetaminophen What medication purchases may be tracked using meth check? - ✔✔Pseudoephedrine The pharmacy receives the following prescription: [[ Levofloxacine 0.5% solution #1 Bottle Sig: 2 gtts OD q2h while awake on days 1-2, then 2 gtts OD q4h while awake on days 3-7 ]] Where is the patient instructed to use the medication? - ✔✔Right eye What issue is the most likely target of a DUR? - ✔✔Therapeutic duplication The puncture-resistant container that is used for needle disposal is referred to as a: - ✔✔sharps containerIf there is an error in a medication's expiration date on the manufacturer's label, what kind of recall is the FDA most likely to request? - ✔✔Class III What antibiotic could cause the discoloration of teeth in young children? - ✔✔Cephalexin A pharmacy receives the following prescription: [[ Suboxone 8 mg/2mg SL film #60 Sig: 2 films SL once a day ]] How should this medication be used? - ✔✔Under the tongue A patient states that they experienced shortness of breath while taking Keflex. The pharmacy technician should enter an allergy to which class of antibiotics in the patient's profile? - ✔✔Cephalosporin The primary purpose of rotating inventory in the pharmacy is to: - ✔✔Reduce the potential for dispensing expired medications. [Show More]

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