Pharmacy Tech Essentials Part 4

• A list of medications that are to be maintained in stock.
• Third party payers' formulary is a list of medications that they will reimburse.

Bring it to the attention of the pharmacist. Do not fill the prescription with that medication. See if there is additional
medication on the shelf that is not expired to fill the prescription with. Return the medication to the wholesaler

• In the same place as insulin- the refrigerator.
• Remember, Tigan suppositories are stored at room temperature and Phenergan suppositories will melt at room
temperature

• It refers to the diameter size of a needle.
• The higher the number gauge the smaller the needle diameter.

• Material Safety Data Sheets
• Available from manufacturer. They describe in detail the ingredients contained in the product and emergency
procedures for ingestion or improper handling.
• Required by all pharmacies storing "hazardous materials"
• Regulated by OSHA

• Absorption - drug goes "into the bloodstream".
• Distribution - drug goes to "where it is needed"
• Metabolism - drug is "broken down" by the liver
• Elimination - "excretion" of the drug out of the body

• Amount of a drug prepackaged for a single administration
• Individually wrapped tablets remain sterile and can be returned to stock if not used, therefore decreases costs.

An inventory system done manually. This system has a predetermined order quantity and an order point. The minimum
and maximum stock quantity is written on mylars placed in front of the medication. The technician walks around the
shelves looking for any quantity that is at or below the minimum number. To order the technician prepares a purchase
order for the wholesaler

• Minimum/Maximum system - described above
• Want book
• Computerized inventory systems - the shelf minimum is in the computer bank. When the level goes below this level the
computer automatically generates a purchase order.

Cefuroxime - this falls into the classification of cephalosporin antibiotics

• Anything that ends in -caine will numb the area applied.
• It numbs the skin especially for mouth sores or sore throats.

• That a drug should not be administrated for the possibility of side effects, adverse effects, drug-drug interactions, drugdisease
interactions.
• Text book definition: any condition, especially disease, which renders some particular line of treatment improper or
undesirable.

• 15 - 30 degrees Celsius
• 59 - 86 degrees Fahrenheit

• 2 - 8 degrees Celsius
• 36 - 46 degrees Fahrenheit