Pakistan MCQs

Patient counselling is communication that helps a patient use medicines safely and effectively.

Formulary is an approved list of medicines for use within a health system or organisation.

Unit-dose distribution is a medicine supply system providing individually packaged doses for specific administration times.

Cold chain is temperature-controlled storage and transport required for selected medicines and vaccines.

Pharmacovigilance is detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse medicine effects or related problems.

Medication error is a preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medicine use or patient harm.

Generic substitution is dispensing an equivalent generic product where permitted and appropriate.

Controlled medicine register is a legally required record for receipt, supply and balance of selected controlled medicines.

Extemporaneous preparation is preparation of a medicine for an individual patient when a suitable commercial product is unavailable.

Drug interaction is a change in effect of a medicine caused by another medicine, food or substance.

Deviation is a documented departure from an approved instruction, process or expected result.

Specification is a documented set of tests, methods and acceptance criteria for a material or product.