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Domain 1: Medications 40%
1.1 Generic names, brand names, and classifications of medications
1.2 Therapeutic equivalence
1.3 Common and life-threatening drug interactions and contraindications
1.4 Strengths/dose, dosage forms, routes of administration, special handling and administration instructions, and duration of drug therapy
1.5 Common and severe medication side effects, adverse effects, and allergies
1.6 Indications of medications and dietary supplements
1.7 Drug stability
1.8 Narrow therapeutic index (NTI) medications
1.9 Physical and chemical incompatibilities related to non-sterile compounding and reconstitution
1.10 Proper storage of medications
Domain 2: Federal Requirements 12.5%
2.1 Federal requirements for handling and disposal of non-hazardous, hazardous, and pharmaceutical substances and waste
2.2 Federal requirements for controlled substance prescriptions and DEA controlled substance schedules
2.3 Federal requirements for controlled substances
2.4 Federal requirements for restricted drug programs and related medication processing
2.5 FDA recall requirements
Domain 3: Patient Safety and Quality Assurance 26.25%
3.1 High-alert/risk medications and look-alike/sound-alike [LASA] medications
3.2 Error prevention strategies
3.3 Issues that require pharmacist intervention
3.4 Event reporting procedures
3.5 Types of prescription errors
3.6 Hygiene and cleaning standards
Domain 4: Order Entry and Processing 21.25%
4.1 Procedures to compound non-sterile products
4.2 Formulas, calculations, ratios, proportions, alligations, conversions, Sig codes, abbreviations, medical terminology, and symbols for days supply, quantity, dose, concentration, dilutions
4.3 Equipment/supplies required for drug administration
4.4 Lot numbers, expiration dates, and National Drug Code (NDC) numbers
4.5 Procedures for identifying and returning dispensable, non-dispensable, and expired medications and supplies
Domain 4: Order Entry and Processing 21.25%
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4.4 Lot numbers, expiration dates, and National Drug Code (NDC) numbers