Which is the proper use of tall man letters to help differentiate these look-alike/sound-alike medications?

A community pharmacy's computer system is unfortunately down. This pharmacy will be unable to process prescriptions because ____.

there must be a record of who worked on the prescription

There are many reasons why a pharmacy with a computer system that is down will not be able to process prescriptions. In this question, the best answer is there must be a record of who worked on a prescription and, if prescriptions were taken care of manually, it would be difficult and easily overlooked to record who worked on the prescription. The law requires this record to be maintained.

Which of the following would not be found in database maintenance?

Patient information

Database maintenance contains drug files, physician files, clinical monitoring, and payer and insurance information.

When working at a pharmacy, a technician may be prompted to enter his or her initials and passwords multiple times. This is done to ____.

serve as a permanent record of who worked on a prescription and what tasks he or she performed

A username and password serve as a unique identifier, and every prescription will have a record of who worked on the prescription, and what they did.

Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) is a system designed to:

prevent medication errors in healthcare settings.

The BCMA system is used by nurses in healthcare settings who are administering medications. With this system the nurse can scan a barcode on the patient’s wristband to make sure it is the right patient. Then the nurse scans a barcode on the medicine to ensure it is: the right medicine, the right dose, the right time, and is administered by the right route.

Which of the following is not an attribute of a CPOE?

The minimum amount of relevant information is on each screen.

A large amount of information is available to practitioners, such as medication orders, laboratory requests and results, and clinical notes.

Which of the following is a means to access a pharmacy computer system?

User name and password

User name and password that consist of letters numbers and symbols and are employee specific are used to log into a computer.

The pharmacy technician notices that a dosage may be typed wrong in the system. The reading says 0.1g but it should probably be 0.01g as 0.1 may be too large of a dose. What should the technician do in this case?

Alert the pharmacist to verify.

They should alert the pharmacist. The other choices are beyond the scope of the pharmacy technician.

Medication dispensing robots and machines that fill and label medication vials may be used in community pharmacies to ____.

make the filling process efficient and allow pharmacy personnel to perform other activities

Some pharmacies have machines to help the pharmacy function efficiently. These machines can include counting machines for pills and tablets and robots that fill and label medication vials. The machines do not replace other human functions or place orders.

Which of the following is an example of stationary point of care?

Desktop computer

A desktop computer is an example of a stationary point-of-care device. Computers on wheels (COWs), notebooks, and PDAs are mobile devices.

In an electronic medical record for a hospitalized patient, the patient's location will be listed as ____.

the room number and bed number

The file will include the patient's location. In a community pharmacy this will be an address, and in a hospital pharmacy this will be a room number and bed number.

Which of the following is considered the “brain” of a computer workstation?

Processor

The computer’s processor is referred to as the “brains” of the workstation. A modem is a device that allows a computer to communicate over a network. Memory (RAM or random access memory) provides the computer with a temporary workspace. Storage is a permanent place for read- only memory (ROM) information.

Which scales are sensitive enough to measure a 650 mg to 120 g?

Class B balance

The ability to accurately balance product is extremely important in compounding. The Class B balance measures 650 mg to 120 g. The Class A balance is only required to be sensitive enough to measure 120 mg to 15 g.

When a pharmacy technician creates a new profile for a child, which of these should be included in the profile?

the name and phone number of the child's parent or legal guardian

The patient's profile may include additional information such as a phone number to contact if there is an issue, the name of the parent or legal guardian if the patient is a minor, and any medication preference the patient may have.

Tall man letters are used for drugs which:

have look-alike names.

Several studies have shown that highlighting sections of drug names using tall man (mixed case) letters can help distinguish similar drug names, making them less prone to mix-ups. The tall man letters are used to help draw attention to the dissimilarities in drug names. For instance Celexa would be written as CeleXA to avoid confusion with CeleBREX. The Institute for Safe Medical Practices (ISMP), the FDA, and the Joint Commission promote the use of tall man letters as one method of reducing confusion between similar drug names.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of voice recognition?

Has no application in the practice of pharmacy

The goal of voice recognition is to eliminate the need for a computer keyboard and recognize any individual’s voice. It may be used in pharmacies to document pharmacist’s intervention or patient education.

Which is the proper use of tall man letters to help differentiate these look-alike/sound-alike medications?

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