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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