Highest Yield in the room

Question 1

MHRA Product recall classes?

Answer 1

Class 1: Immediate recall including out of hours, serious or life threatening

Class 2: Recall within 48 hours, could harm patient but not life-threatening

Class 3: Recall within 5 days, unlikely to harm patient, done for other reasons eg didnt meet product specification

Class 4: Exercise caution, no threat to patient life

Question 2

Five Fridge Line Items?

Answer 2

Darktacort 30mg POM (15mg P and out of fridge)

Fostair (before use)

Insulin (once open store in room temp, 28 day expiry)

Chloramphenicol eye drops (not ointment)

Latanoprost (28 day expiry)

Fludrocortisone

Question 3

Advice with suspensions?

Answer 3

Shake well before every use

Question 4

Advice with Gastro-resistant and enteric coated?

Answer 4

separate with indigestion remedies by 2hours

Question 5

Why should effervescent drugs not be put in blisters?

Answer 5

risk of moisture degradation

Question 6

Extemporaneous expiry?

Answer 6

4 weeks

Question 7

BMI Thresholds?

Answer 7

18.5 - Under weight 
25 - Healthy
30 -Overweight 
35 - obese 
40 obese II 
over 40 morbid obesity

Question 8

Quiting Smoking stages?

Answer 8

Pre-contemplation - no intentions

Contemplation - aware of problem

Preparation - intent on changing

Action - actively changing behaviour

maintenance - sustained behaviour (6 months)

Relapse

Question 9

Definition of

LICENSED
UNLICENSED
OFF-LABEL

Answer 9

LICENSED - UK market authorisation

UNLICENSED - no uk market authorisation but backed by evidence

OFF-LABEL - unlicensed use of a medication

Question 10

Descriptive study definitions

Cross sectional
Case series
Case report

Answer 10

analyse data from a population at a specific point in time

reports on a series of patients with certain characteristics e.g.

professional narratives, individual patients symptoms treatment follow up etc

Question 11

Whats a significant p value?

Answer 11

less than 0.05

strong evidence against null hypothesis

Question 12

Clinical trial phases?

Answer 12

Phase 1: small number of healthy volunteers - assess safety

Phase 2: larger number (100-300) assess efficacy

Phase 3: thousands of patients - compare to current standard treatment

Phase 4: post marketing surveillance

Question 13

CPR in adult child and baby?

Answer 13

adult: 30 compressions 2 breathes
child: initial rescue breaths, 30 compressions (heel of palm) and 2 rescue breaths
baby: initial rescue breaths 30 compressions (2 fingers) and 2 rescue breaths

Question 14

Healthy lifestyle recommendations?

Answer 14

Fruit and veg: 5 a day med diet

Fibre: 18-30g
Salt: <6g
Sat fat: 20 women, 30 men
fluid: 2.5

exercise: 30mins/day

Question 15

GTN Tablets
Dipyradamole
Dabigatran

expiry after opening

Answer 15

8 weeks

6 weeks

4 months

Question 16

dessicant medication?

Answer 16

desmopressin
nicorandil
budosenide

Question 17

How many audits should the pharmacist partake in a year?

Answer 17

2