CVS PHARMACY - NIOSH HAZARDOUS

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CVS PHARMACY - NIOSH HAZARDOUS

DRUG DISPENSING & HA NDLING

PROCEDURES (800420) | QUESTIONS

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Question : The National Institute of Occupational Safety

and Health has identified which of the following medications as hazardous drugs. Select all that apply.

• Antineoplastic drugs
• Non-antineoplastic drugs the manufacturer has safe

handling guidance for

• Non-antineoplastic drugs with reproductive risk
• Neoplastic drugs
• Immune modulating drugs

Correct answer: A. Antineoplastic drugs

• Non-antineoplastic drugs the manufacturer has safe

handling guidance for

• Non-antineoplastic drugs with reproductive risk

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Question : In our pharmacy, which of the following

activities are allows? Select all that apply.

• Compounding with hazardous drugs
• Filling a prescription for a hazardous drug
• Using automated pill counters for certain hazardous

drugs

• Accessing the NIOSH list via RxNet or the USP

website

Correct answer: B. Filling a prescription for a hazardous

drug

• Accessing the NIOSH list via RxNet or the USP

website

Question : Where would you find warnings and special

handling for Hazardous Drugs?

• On the prescription label
• On the manufacturer's Safety Data Sheet
• On CVS.com
• All of the above

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Correct answer: B. On the manufacturer's Safety Data

Sheet

Question : If a shipment of hazardous drugs arrives with a

broken or leaking container, should pharmacy staff do?

• Put on chemotherapy/nitrile gloves and dispose of the

bottle via the Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste program requirements

• As the store manager/supervisor for help
• Call 9-1-1
• None of the above

Correct answer: A. Put on chemotherapy/nitrile gloves

and dispose of the bottle via the Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste program requirements

Question : Which of the following would be

INCORRECT location(s) of all waste coming from cleaning up a spill of pharmaceuticals (including contaminated gloves)? Select all that apply.

• The hazardous pharmaceutical waste container

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• The trash located within the area for handing

hazardous drugs, as long as the bag is sealed

• The outside dumpster in a sealed bag, so that it doesn't

harm other colleagues of customers

• The trash area near the back door, out of the way of

colleagues, and not outside where others could access it

Correct answer: B. The trash located within the area for

handing hazardous drugs, as long as the bag is sealed

• The outside dumpster in a sealed bag, so that it doesn't

harm other colleagues of customers

• The trash area near the back door, out of the way of

colleagues, and not outside where others could access it

Question : Counting trays and spatulas dedicated for use

with Hazardous Drugs should be used when counting NIOSH Hazardous Drugs from a stock bottle into an amber vial or blister packing, as appropriate.

• True
• False

Correct answer: A. True