CheckPoint: Prescription and Drug Labels
Prescriptions are similar to medical orders containing vital information for the care of patients. Pharmacy technicians must understand how to read, transcribe, profile, and fill prescriptions. This Checkpoint provides an opportunity to practice analyzing prescription and drug labels.
Resource: Ch. 7 of Pharmaceutical Calculations for Pharmacy Technicians: A Worktext and Appendix B
Refer to the illustration of the prescription label in Appendix Band the drug label for Allegra® on p. 56.
Answer the following questions: In what ways are the labels similar? In what ways are they different? What accounts for the difference in information between the two labels?
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