ph jobs

1. Coming soon??---pharmacy assistant. Fits between pharm tech
and pharmacist
2/3 ph tech in retail
CPhT----certified pharmacy technician
RPh----registered pharmacist
Pharm D----Doctorate of pharmacy
Hospital---compounding,specialize
Manufacturing---research and development
Nuclear---prepare radioactive substance
Nutritional----supplements for malnourished or special diet
Disease management-----diabetes.hypertension,asthma,ect for
pharmacy/doctor partnership
Mail order-------fill rx mail delivery
Insurance-------work as auditor for 3rd party company

2.  The practice of pharmacy is more than just counting out the right
amount of a drug for a prescription. The Texas Pharmacy Act
governs the practice of pharmacy and defines it as:
 providing an act or service necessary to provide pharmaceutical care;
 interpreting or evaluating a prescription drug order or medication order;
 participating in drug or device selection as authorized by law, and
participating in drug administration, drug regimen review, or drug or
drug-related research;
 providing patient counseling;
 being responsible for:dispensing a prescription drug order or distributing
a medication order;
 compounding or labeling a drug and device other than by a manufacturer,
repackager, or distributor of a nonprescription drug or commercially
packaged prescription properly and safely storing a drug or device or
maintaining proper records for a drug or device;
 performing for a patient a specific act of drug therapy management
delegated to a pharmacist by a written protocol from a physician licensed
in this state in compliance with Subtitle B; or administering an
immunization or vaccination under a physician's written protocol.

3.  Information on requirements, fines, continuing
education, ethics,ect for pharmacists/pharm
techs.
 Texas CSA(controlled substances act)—states
may have different definition of controlled
substance or put a drug in a different schedule
 Conflict of laws?---tougher law prevails

4.  CMS---centers for medicare and medicaid
services
 Government entity covers 100 million.
Provides coverage to those qualified.
ACA---affordable care act

5.  What is a drug store?
 What is a pharmacy?

7.  Brand name
 Name under which the drug is sold by a specific
manufacturer
 Spelling always begins with a capital letter
 Also known as the Trade Name
 Name is owned by the drug company and no other
company may use that name
 Each brand name carries a registered trademark symbol
®

8.  Generic name
 Name that was established when drug was first
manufactured
 Written in lowercase letters
 Official name of a drug
 Each drug has only one generic name
 Original manufacturer is only company that can use
generic name for the first 17 years

9.  Chemical name
 Describes chemical structure of the drug
 Formula that indicates composition of the drug

10.  Idiosyncracy
 An unusual, inappropriate response to a drug or to
the usual effective dose of a drug
 Anaphylactic Shock = severe idiosyncratic reaction
 Acute respiratory distress, hypotension, edema,
tachycardia, cool pale skin, cyanosis, and possible
convulsions shortly after administration of the
medication

11.  Cumulation
 Occurs when a drug is not completely excreted from
the body before another dose is given
 Drug starts to accumulate in the body tissues when
repeated doses are given
 Toxic effects may occur

12.  Local effect
 Response to a medication that is confined to a
specific part of the body
 Systemic effect
 Generalized or widespread response to a drug by the
body because it is absorbed into the bloodstream

13.  Adverse reaction
 One in which the body reacts to a drug in an
unexpected way that may endanger a patient’s
health and safety
 Contraindication
 Any special symptom or circumstance that indicates
that the use of a particular drug or procedure is
dangerous, not advised, or has not been proven safe
for administration

14.  Desired effect
 Effect of drug in the body that was intended
 Side effect
 Additional effect on the body by the drug that was
not part of the goal for that medication
 Not usually severe enough to warrant discontinuing
the medication

15.  Drug actions
 How drugs produce changes within the body
 Drug effect
 Changes that take place in the body as a result of
drug action
 Slowing down or speeding up processes
 Destroying certain cells or parts of cells
 Replacing substances that the body lacks or fails to
produce

16.  Pharmacy tech report--------------------------
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 1 What does the FDA do?
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 2 What does the DEA do?
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 3 What does the BOP(board of pharmacy) do for your state?
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 4 What is the ‘Joint commission’ JCAHO?
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 5 Describe the DEA schedule drugs and levels and give some names.
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 6 What are laws regarding refilling DEA sch II, III and IV prescription drugs?
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 7 What is the USP? What can you find in a ‘PDR book’?
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 8 Find a drug and supplement that were taken off the market and why?
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 9 What health professionals have prescriptive authority?
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 10 What is the usual job description of a CPhT in a retail setting and hospital
’institutional’ setting?