Pharmacy Technician Part II Paper 1 MCQs

Prescription screening is review of a prescription for completeness, legality, dose, interactions and patient suitability.

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.

Stock rotation is use of inventory practices such as first-expiry-first-out to reduce wastage.

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.

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

Medication adherence is the extent to which medicine-taking behaviour corresponds with an agreed plan.

Triage in community pharmacy is initial assessment to identify self-care, pharmacist care or urgent referral needs.

Antimicrobial stewardship is coordinated action to optimise antimicrobial use and reduce resistance and harm.