PTCE: Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam Premium: 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice

by Sacha Koborsi-Tadros PharmD

Overview

Barron’s PTCE: Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam includes in-depth content review and online practice. It’s the only PTCE book you’ll need to be prepared for exam day.

Written by Experienced Educators

• Learn from Barron’s—all content is written and reviewed by instructors who have vast experience teaching pharmacy technician courses to prepare students for certification
• Build your understanding with comprehensive review tailored to the most recent exam blueprint
• Get a leg up with tips, strategies, and advice for scheduling your exam, exam day itself, and recertification—it’s like having a trusted tutor by your side

Be Confident on Exam Day

• Sharpen your test-taking skills with 4 full-length practice tests—3 in the book (including a pretest to target your studying), and 1 more online 
• Strengthen your knowledge with in-depth review covering all major topics and knowledge domains on the latest exam blueprint
• Reinforce your learning with practice questions at the end of each chapter
• Expand your review with a series of appendices that cover the top 200 medications, common vitamins and natural supplements, frequently used pharmacy abbreviations and medical terminology, and much more

Online Practice

• Continue your practice with 1 full-length practice test on Barron’s Online Learning Hub
• Simulate the exam experience with a timed test option
• Deepen your understanding with detailed answer explanations and expert advice
• Gain confidence with scoring to check your learning progress

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506280424
Publisher:	Barrons Educational Services
Publication date:	06/07/2022
Series:	Barron's Test Prep
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	71,061
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

About the Author
Sacha Koborsi-Tadros, PharmD (Columbus, Ohio) is an instructor of both the Allied Health department and the Social and Human Services department at Columbus State Community College in Columbus, OH, and she has helped develop and instruct pharmacy technician courses to prepare students for certification. She has also instructed pharmacology courses (specializing in substance abuse prevention and treatment) and participated in professional board review courses. In addition, Dr. Koborsi-Tadros is a professional speaker, who has given presentations on pharmacy technician training, and she has received recognition by the PTCB (the nongovernmental agency that administers the PTCE exam) to serve as an advocate educator. 

About the Publisher
In the 1930s, Manuel H. Barron opened a bookstore in Brooklyn, New York. 

People from the community asked Mr. Barron about books that might be available to help their children study for the New York State Regents exams. After realizing there wasn't anything available, Mr. Barron created his own study guides.

80 years later, Barron's has helped millions of people prepare for their next step.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book vii

1 Overview of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam 1

2 Preparing for the Exam and Steps for Recertification 5

3 Pretest 11

Answer Key 21

Answer Explanations 22

4 Medications 33

Practice Questions 95

Answer Explanations 97

5 Federal Requirements 99

Practice Questions 111

Answer Explanations 113

6 Patient Safety and Quality Assurance 115

Practice Questions 130

Answer Explanations 132

7 Order Entry and Processing 133

Practice Questions 163

Answer Explanations 165

Practice Tests

Practice Test 1 171

Answer Key 180

Answer Explanations 181

Practice Test 2 193

Answer Key 202

Answer Explanations 203

Appendices

A Common Drugs by Brand Name 215

B Common Drugs by Classification and Use 221

C Commonly Refrigerated Prescription Medications 227

D Vaccines 229

E Vitamins 231

F Common Over-the-Counter Products 233

G Natural Supplements 237

H Commonly Used Pharmacy Abbreviations 239

I Medical Terminology 243

J Institute for Safe Medication Practices's (ISMP's) List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations 259

K Important Math Conversions to Remember 267

L References 269

Index 271