Community Pharmacy MCQs

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.

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.

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.

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.