header bg

Download PTCE Prep app now

Scan QR code or get instant email to install app

Question:

Of the following tasks, which may a pharmacy technician not perform?

A Patient counseling

explanation

Pharmacy technicians are not permitted to counsel patients; only pharmacists are permitted to counsel patients.

Explore more similar questions

Take more free practice tests for other PTCB topics with our ptcb exam practice now!

Comments

Shaniac20

3 years ago

I recommend!

Mingy6

3 years ago

I like this App a lot. I got a few apps to prepare for PTCE but this is the best one so far! It has tests and practice questions with explanations.

Bfarley14

2 years ago

Awesome app

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

A prescription is written for Symbicort 1 puff BID. The inhaler dispensed contains 120 puffs. What is the days' supply?

60

The patient will use 2 puffs daily. The days' supply is calculated by creating a proportion with the information you have:
2 puffs/1 day= 120 puffs/ x days
Cross multiply and get:
2x = 120
x = 60

What information is not required from a customer when picking up a prescription?

prescription number

To verify the patient is being given the correct prescription, the patient's personal information should be verified such as patient address, phone number, and date of birth.

What is the meaning of the pharmacy abbreviation “bid”?

Twice a day

bid means twice a day, qid means four times a day, qd means every day, and tid means three times a day.

Which of these DAW code examples is incorrect ?

DAW 0 = substitution allowed; brand name drug not available

The correct meaning of DAW 0 is no product selection indicated.

Translate this Sig: 1 cap po ac TID

1 capsule by mouth before meals three times daily

The term ac stands for before meals and TID stands for three times daily

Which of the following pieces of information is not needed on a patient’s prescription?

Patient’s ID number

The patient’s identification number is not required on a prescription. The required information on a prescription includes the patient’s name, home address (street number, street, city, state, and zip code), telephone number, and birth date.

A pharmacy technician may not:

Counsel patients.

Counseling patients can only be done by a pharmacist; pharmacy technicians perform technical duties in the pharmacy to include obtaining patient information, data entry, pouring, counting, and labeling medication containers.

Which of the following is not found on a patient package insert ?

Expiration date and lot number of medication

The expiration date and medication lot number do not need to appear on patient product insert. Information contained on a patient product insert includes the drug name, clinical pharmacology, indications and usage, contraindications, warnings, precautions, adverse reactions, drug abuse and dependence, overdosage, dosage and administration, how supplied, storage information, the date of initial product approval; and a toll-free number and Internet address.

What term is used to describe the date assigned to a unit-dose package?

Beyond-use date

A beyond-use date is assigned when medications are compounded or repackaged. An expiration is assigned by the drug manufacturer, and the packaged date is recorded on a unit-dose or compounding log to indicate the date the medication was packaged or compounded.

Which of the following pieces of information does not need to appear on a prescription for fluoxetine?

Prescriber’s DEA Number

Fluoxetine (Prozac) is not a controlled sub- stance; therefore, a physician’s DEA number does not have to appear on the prescription.

A noncontrolled prescription is written with three refills and filled today at the pharmacy. Two weeks later, the patient requests that it be transferred to another pharmacy. How many times may it be transferred?

One time

A prescription may be transferred only one time from one pharmacy to another pharmacy if there are refills indicated. This applies to both controlled and noncontrolled prescriptions.