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Mosby’s Advanced Pharmacy Technician Exam Review
- 1st Edition - December 21, 2023
- Author: James J. Mizner
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 5 3 9 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 5 6 8 - 5
From bestselling test preparation author, James J. Mizner, comes Mosby’s® Advanced Pharmacy Technician Exam Review. Available to Pharmacy Technicians with at least three years of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFrom bestselling test preparation author, James J. Mizner, comes Mosby’s® Advanced Pharmacy Technician Exam Review. Available to Pharmacy Technicians with at least three years of work experience, the Advanced Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT-Adv) credential provides a pathway for obtaining higher-level skills and advancing your career. This new resource gives you the review and practice you need to prepare for the exam with an easy-to-use format, sample certification exams, content review chapters, and more. Make sure you’re ready for exam and career success with this essential review!
- Custom test generator on the Evolve companion website features practice and exam modes and timer functionality to strengthen topic expertise and simulate nearly unlimited unique exams for practice.
- Sample certification exams in the book offer valuable test-taking experience.
- Dedicated chapter covering sterile compounding addresses an alternative pathway to certification as a Compounded Sterile Preparation Technician (CSPT).
- Content review chapters cover many advanced-level certification topics.
- Chapter review questions help reinforce knowledge and assess comprehension.
- Many practice questions are available both in the print book and online for convenient access.
- Bulleted listing format makes it easy to focus on reviewing the essentials.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Evolve Student Resources
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Reviewer
- Preface
- The Role of the Advanced Pharmacy Technician Today
- 1. Compounded Sterile Preparation Technician (CSPT)
- Medications and components
- High-alert and narrow therapeutic index medications
- Factors affecting compounded sterile preparations
- Clinical reference materials
- Compounded sterile preparation categories
- Physical and chemical stability
- Facilities and equipment
- Laminar airflow workbenches
- Types of secondary engineering controls
- Features of secondary engineering controls
- Temperature, pressure, and humidity parameters
- Environmental monitoring
- Operational standards
- Sterile compounding procedures
- Pharmacy calculations in sterile compounding
- Personal health and hygiene requirements
- Hand hygiene procedures
- Personal protective equipment
- Donning and disposing of PPEs
- Properties and usages of deactivating, decontamination, cleaning, and disinfecting agents
- Procedures and requirements for cleaning and disinfecting compounding equipment
- Principles of aseptic manipulation within a horizontal or vertical laminar airflow workbench
- Critical sites
- Handling sharps containers
- Record-keeping requirements
- Weighing and measuring components
- Compounding parenteral nutrition procedures
- Specialized compounded sterile preparations
- Compounding sterile preparations from nonsterile components
- Signs of defective compounded sterile preparations
- Sterility, potency, and endotoxin testing
- Sterility testing requirements
- Handling, packaging, storage, and disposal
- CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS
- References
- 2. Hazardous Drug Management Certificate
- Engineering controls
- Facility cleaning
- Personal protective equipment
- Transport and receiving
- Dispensing final dosage forms
- Administrative
- CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS
- RESOURCES
- 3. Regulatory Compliance Certificate
- Laws, regulations, and guidelines
- Legal requirements and practice standards
- Patient safety and quality assurance strategies
- CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS
- REFERENCES
- 4. Controlled Substances Diversion Prevention Certificate
- Controlled substance diversion
- Controlled substance diversion prevention programs
- Drug Enforcement Administration requirements
- Surveillance and investigation
- CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 5. Medication History Certificate
- Concepts/terminology of medication history
- Patient safety and quality assurance strategies
- CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 6. Medication Therapy Management Certificate
- Medications and medical concepts
- Patient safety and quality assurance strategies
- Medication therapy management administration and management
- CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS
- References
- RESOURCES
- 7. Immunization Administration Certificate
- Concepts/terminology of vaccine administration
- Vaccine safety and administration
- Vaccine administration procedures
- Vaccine administration safety
- Documentation, product handing, and adverse reaction management for vaccines
- CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS
- References
- 8. Point-of-Care Testing Certificate
- Safety and precautions
- Personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Diseases and specimens
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments–waived tests
- Test results, quality control, and recording
- CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 9. Billing and Reimbursement Certificate
- Programs and eligibility
- Claims processing and adjudication
- Prior authorization
- Audits and compliance
- CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS
- REFERENCES
- 10. Technician Product Verification Certificate
- Identifying the correct product name, strength, and dosage form
- Calculating the amount of product to dispense based on prescribed dosage and frequency
- Evaluating the integrity of product characteristics
- CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Appendix A. ISMP list of look-alike drug names with recommended tall man letters
- Appendix B. ISMP list of error-prone abbreviations
- Appendix C. Practice exams
- Chapter 1 Sterile Compounding
- Chapter 2 Hazardous Drug Management
- Chapter 3 Regulatory Compliance
- Chapter 4 Controlled Substances Diversion
- Chapter 5 Medication History
- Chapter 6 Medication Therapy Management
- Chapter 7 Immunization Administration
- Chapter 8 Point of Care Testing
- Chapter 9 Billing and Reimbursement
- Chapter 10
- Appendix D. Chapter Review Question Answers
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Index
- No. of pages: 376
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 21, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323935395
- eBook ISBN: 9780323935685
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James J. Mizner
Jim Mizner is a registered pharmacist in the state of Virginia, where he has actively practiced for more than 30 years. Jim has experience teaching in the Pharmacy Technician space and transitioned into instructional design and administration in the for-profit sector in the early 2000s, where he worked for about a decade before starting his consulting business. Jim is the founding author of Mosby’s Pharmacy Technician Exam Review, which has prepared thousands of students and practitioners to pass the certification exam, and has worked as an item writer and consultant in the development of Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Mosby’s Pharmacy Technician. He is active in the Pharmacy Technician Educators Council (PTEC) and works closely with the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) and the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). In addition, Jim serves as an accreditation site visitor for ABHES.
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Founder and President Panacea Solutions Consulting Reston, Virginia UNITED STATES