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What date do pharmacists licenses expire? - ✔ ✔ December 31st of even-numbered years Requirements for compounds dispensed to a Vet: - ✔ ✔ -"Purchase order, not by prescription" -"For office/emergency use - Not for resale" -Name of active ingredients and strengths -Lot and identification of preparation -Pharmacy name/number/address -Pharmacist initials -Quantity, amount, size, or weight -BUD -Appropriate ancillary instructions How much of a non-pseudoephedrine C-V can a pharmacist dispense in a 48h period? - ✔ ✔ 4 oz / 32 dosage units 24h limit on OTC pseudoephedrine? - ✔ ✔ 3.6g 30 day limit on OTC pseudoephedrine? - ✔ ✔ 9g Monthly limit on prescribed pseudoephedrine? - ✔ ✔ Limited only by specifics of prescription
How long must OTC psuedoedphedrine logbook be kept? - ✔ ✔ 2 years How often do laminar flow hoods require inspection for certification? - ✔ ✔ -1 year -Clean room, ante room, barrier isolations, and laminar flow hoods must be certified w/in 6 months after relocation, alteration, or major service to the facility Requirements for pharmacies that offer home healthcare services: - ✔ ✔ -Laminar flow hood or class-100 clean room -Infusion pumps -Sink with hot/cold water -Light/dark field examination exquipment -Disposal containers for needles/syringes -Class II vertical flow biological safety cabinet if chemo is compounding -Refrigerator/freezer w/ monitoring device -Needles/syringes -Bactericidal/disinfectant cleaning supplies -Filtration equipment -PPE -IV reference material When can a C-II be faxed? - ✔ ✔ -Terminally ill, LTC, and Hospice
Requirements for posting licenses in pharmacy: - ✔ ✔ -Full-time must post wall certificate -Pocket license can be used if wall license isnt available yet -Part-time must post pocket license -Relief license is not required but license must be readily available Requirements for refilling ophthalmic scripts: - ✔ ✔ -Refills remaining -At least 70% utilized Requirements for emergency removal of medicaitons from an Opioid treatment clinic after hours: - ✔ ✔ -Record date/time of removal -Amount of drug -Drug name/strength -Signature and title How long to report to GDNA after drug-related heat/water damage from fire/water? - ✔ ✔ 3 days Requirements for delivery: - ✔ ✔ -Pharmacy is responsible up until delivery -Deliver must occur on a continuous route from pharmacy to patient -Medications should be maintained w/in appropriate conditions -Controls should be signed for
Requirements for Mail-order: - ✔ ✔ -May us USPS/commercial delivery -Pharmacies outside GA should follow all Georgia BOP standards -Temperature monitoring device may be included -If no temp monitoring device, a notification of temperature must be recorded and maintained -Method of contact for patient if there is prolonged delivery, absence/poor condition of delivery medication -Controls must be signed for and should not be left -If medication is compromised, pharmacy should replace med with next-day delivery OR contact the prescriber for a 7D supply sent to a local pharmacy for pickup -Written communication with offer to receive counseling -Compromised medication records must be maintained for 2 years What is the maximum % a pharmacy can compound for a vet clinic for office use? - ✔ ✔ 5% When can partial fill a C-II? - ✔ ✔ -Terminally ill, Hospice, and LTCF patients -Must record "Termianlly ill, hospice, or LTCF" on script How long do regular patients have to pick up a partially filled C-II? - ✔ ✔ 3 days
-Authenticity of faxed prescription must be evaluated -Date/time of transmission After use of a medication in an emergency kit, within how many hours must a script be received? - ✔ ✔ 72 hours How often are emergency kits inventoried? - ✔ ✔ Monthly Max number of dosage units sterile compounds can be dispensed to practitioners? - ✔ ✔ 100 Considerations for transferring C-III-C-Vs: - ✔ ✔ -Can only be transferred once b/w 2 different pharmacies -If transferring b/w pharmacies that share electronic system, legal to transfer as many times as needed until all refills used How long is an intern license valid? - ✔ ✔ 5 years Square feet requirement for nuclear pharmacy? - ✔ ✔ 600 Considerations for destruction of medications at a skilled nursing facility: - ✔ ✔ -Discontinued and expired drugs shall be removed from stock and inventoried by at least two individuals -Expired/discontinued drugs can be returned to vendor pharmacy, transferred to reverse distributor, or destroyed on-site or off-site Requirements for nuclear radiopharmaceuticals inner labeling: - ✔ ✔ -Prescription number -Radioactive drug name
Requirements for nuclear radiopharmaceuticals outer labeling: - ✔ ✔ -Radionuclide name -Chemical form -The amount radioactive material in millicuries/microcuries -Volume in cc's -Calibration date/time -"Physician use only" -Institution's name/address -Radiopharmaceutical date/time of expiration -Appropriate auxiliary labels -Intended procedure -Prescribers name -Radiation symbol w/ "Caution Radioactive Material"- Requirements for drug orders: - ✔ ✔ -Date issued -Name/address of patient -Name/address/number/NPI or DEA of prescriber -DEA if control -Drug name/strength/form/quantity -Directions -Appropriate cautionary statements
Which type of pharmacists service nursing homes/LTC facilities, and hospics emergnecy e-kits? - ✔ ✔ Consultant and vendor Who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that active drug stock gets removed/disposed of appropriately? - ✔ ✔ PIC How long does a pharmacist have to notify BOP of a change in employment? - ✔ ✔ 10 days Requirements for a nuclear pharmacy: - ✔ ✔ -Dose calibrator -Vertical laminar flow hood -Scintillation analyzer -Microscope/hemocytometer -Glassware, utensils, gloves -Calculator -Incubator -Water/oil bath -Aluminum ion test kid -Chromatography apparatus/supplies -Unit dose transport containers (lead pigs) that are tamper evident and prevent contamination How long to report change in business address to BOP? - ✔ ✔ 10 days
Pharmacists licensed during the last ____ months of the biennium are exempt from CE for that biennium only? - ✔ ✔ 6 months Pharmacists licensed during the middle 12 months of the biennium must complete how many hours of CE? - ✔ ✔ 15h Pharmacists licensed during the first 6 months of the biennium must complete how many hours of CE? - ✔ ✔ 30h How long does a PIC have to notify GDNA and DEA of theft/loss of a control? - ✔ ✔ -3 days -106 form Supply limit of medications available in a patient-care area in a hospital? - ✔ ✔ 72 hours How long is a researcher's permit valid for? - ✔ ✔ -2 years -Renewed on even-numbered years Can prescribers write a control drug order for "office use"? - ✔ ✔ No Requirements for control drug order: - ✔ ✔ -Patient name and address -Prescriber name/address/number/DEA -Drug name/strength/form/quantity/directions/refills -Pharmacist signature T/F: A faxed C-II must be replaced with a written copy prior to dispensing - ✔ ✔ True
-Renew license every 2 years by June 30th -Must have PIC -After-hour cabinets/containers may be utilized if the pharmacist is not present -Appropriate policies and procedures for after-hour cabinet use must be written -Only medications that are not in e-kits or after-hour cabinets may be pulled for the pharmacy itself -One licensed professional should be designated to access the pharmacy to remove medications when the pharmacist is not present -E-kits inspected every 90 days -Minimum size of 150 square feet -PIC to inspect pharmacy at least monthly -GDNA to inspect pharmacy at least every 2 years T/F: A designated person can pull a medicaiton from an outpatient clinic pharamcy that is also located in an e-kit. - ✔ ✔ False T/F: Any healthcare professional can pull a medication from an outpatient clinic pharmacy when the pharmacist is not present. - ✔ ✔ -False -Should be designated professional How many times can a C-III through C-V be transferred b/w two pharmacies that do not share a online database? - ✔ ✔ Once
How often must e-kits be inspected? - ✔ ✔ 90 days How long is a drug theapy modification protocol effective? - ✔ ✔ 2 years How long must patient records be kept? - ✔ ✔ 2 years How often must crash carts be inspected in an institutional facility? - ✔ ✔ 90 days Which situations do not require dispense counseling? - ✔ ✔ - Hospital/inpatient facility -Inmate -Department of Health/Public health -Refills How many interns can a pharmacist supervise? - ✔ ✔ 1 How many externs can a pharmacist supervise? - ✔ ✔ 1 How large must a hospital pharacmy be? - ✔ ✔ At least 10 square feet per hospital bed How often must a consultant pharamacist review each patient's drug regimen at a nursing facility? - ✔ ✔ Monthly When are drug eligible to be returned to a long-term care facility? - ✔ ✔ -Originally dispensed by same pharmacy to facility -Assurance that meds were stored appropriately -Meds still in manufacturer's packaging with expiration and lot number
-Must not sell if they believe they will be used unlawfully A drug regimen review includes: - ✔ ✔ -Allergies/contraindications -Reasonable directions and dose/route of administration -Duplication -Drug-drug, Drug-food, Drug-disease, ADRs interactions -Proper utilization Sterile Drug IV Maintenance Kits (SDM kits) for RN use are limited to what IV maintenance drugs: - ✔ ✔ -Sterile water and saline -Diluted heparin T/F: A C-II drug order can be faxed for a compound for direct administration to a patient by parental infusion. - ✔ ✔ True Hour requirements for a nuclear pharmacist: - ✔ ✔ -200 didactic hours -500 clinical training hours How many didactic hours does a nuclear pharmacist need? - ✔ ✔ 200h How many clinical training hours does a nuclear pharmacist need? - ✔ ✔ 500h How long must training records be maintained for compounding personnel? - ✔ ✔ 5 years Form used for the destruction of controlled substances at a hospital must include what? - ✔ ✔ -Patient name
-Name of pharmacy -Serial numbers -Drug name/strength/quantity -Date of discontinuance/inventory date Label requirements for central fill prescriptions: - ✔ ✔ -Date of fill/refill -Originating pharmacy name/address/number -Central fill pharmacy's unique identifier -Serial number -Patient name -Prescriber +/- supervising -Expiration date -Directions -Appropriate cautionary statements T/F: An optometrist may write for oral hydrocodone. - ✔ ✔ True T/F: A midwife may write for oral hydrocodone. - ✔ ✔ False Who can patient information be disseminated to? - ✔ ✔ -Patient or patient-authorized representative -Patient's providers -Pharmacist for transfers
-Drug name/strength/quantity -Directions -Refills -PA signature Does the supervising physician need to sign for controlled prescriptions prescribed by an APRN/PA? - ✔ ✔ No What is required to utilize remote order entry for hospital pharamacies? - ✔ ✔ -DOP must submit policies/procedures to BOP
- 1.) A pharmacist will be physically present w/in 24h or the next business day
- 2.) At least one pharmacist is physically present in the hospital
- 3.) On the weekend and at least one pharmacist is present in another hospital in the state which remotely serves no more than four other hospitals under the same management which have an average daily census of less than 12 acute patients -Hospital must maintain record of name/address/licensure of remote pharmacist Minimum requirements for selling exempt C-V pseudoephedrine- containing products: - ✔ ✔ -name/strength/quantity of product -Name/DOB/Address/Zip code/signature of patient -Date/time of sale -ID of pharmacy personnel selling
How long to notify BOP of permanent closing of a pharmacy? - ✔ ✔ 24 hours Can medications be re-packaged if the patient develops an allergy to one of the medications in a multi-drug single-dosing container? - ✔ ✔ -No -Medication is considered adultered When is immediate notification of BOP required? - ✔ ✔ -Permanent closing -Change of ownership/location/management/PIC -Theft/break-ins/loss of drugs/devices (notify GDNA too) -Conviction of any employee -Disasters/accidents -Theft/destruction/loss of records -Significant ADR What is included in counseling of during patient counseling? - ✔ ✔ - Name/description of drug -Form/dose/route/duration -Intended use -Any special directions/precatutions -Common side effects and actions required if they occur -Techniques for self-monitoring
