Category: Pharmacy
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2.2 Controlled Substances
Each controlled substance is categorized by its addictive potential and risk of abuse Technicians should know each schedule and the…
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4.1 Your Guide to Nonsterile Compounding Techniques
Not all medications dispensed in the pharmacy are tablets and capsules, some need to be prepared in the pharmacy Non-sterile…
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1.9 Incompatibilities in Nonsterile Compounding
As technicians, we may need to compound medications for specific patient needs and care As we compound it’s important to…
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3.2 Error Prevention Strategies
In the pharmacy, errors can lead to dangerous outcomes Accidentally switching one medication for another can cause an adverse event…
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4.4 NDCs, Lot Numbers, and Expiration Dates
Believe it or not, those long numbers on the front or side of the bottle designate important information about each…
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3.3 Bandwidth of the Pharmacy Technician
A patient comes up with a new prescription in hand asking you, the technician, if it has to be taken…
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4.2 Sig Codes for Pharmacy Technicians
You receive a prescription that reads “Lipitor 10 mg i po qhs 30d NRF.” From this mix of abbreviations and…
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1.2 Therapeutic Equivalence
If you’ve already started studying for your technician exam, and chances are you are well aware of the generic and…
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1.10 Proper medication Storage
It’s Tuesday morning and the medications from your distributor just arrived, your task? Stock the shelves You pull out insulins,…
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4.2 Unit prefixes and conversions for pharmacy technicians
You receive a prescription from the doctor, it’s for 500mg of Levetiracetam solution taken B.I.D. The stock bottle lists 100…