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Last week you began learning about the drug utilization review (DUR) and how that ties into prescription drugs. For your discussion this week we will be looking at how the DUR ties into other types of drugs. Part of refill processing, prescription transfers, and Medication Therapy Management (Links to an external site.) (MTM) require that the technician pay close attention to the medications the customer is taking or asking about.

You will have an opportunity to become familiar with various types of drugs including:

Legend prescriptions - prescriptions that are controlled by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are required to be administered by a licensed practitioner
Durable medical equipment (DME) - equipment that provides therapeutic benefits to a patient for specific needs including items like wheelchairs, oxygen equipment, or testing equipment
Investigational drugs (IND) - drugs that passed laboratory testing and have b

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

Using your understanding of extemporaneous compounding and advanced pharmacy discuss why some medications must be compounded in a sterile environment and why others do not. What types of pharmacies will perform sterile compounding? What are the dangers of preparing these medications without using proper sterile technique?

Discussion posts are a great way for you to discuss a topic that relates to the content for the weeks learning objectives. The discussions are a wonderful way to enhance your understanding of a topic and an opportunity to have a professional dialogue with your peers and myself. Here are some tips to help you maximize your grade:


1. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE.  Copying material directly from a source without properly citing with quotation marks, in text citation, and an APA formatted reference is violating the colleges academic integrity policy and will result in a zero. Even quoting another authors work shouldn't be more than 10% of your post.

Here are awesome sources for more information:

In-text citation basics: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/ (Links to an external site.)

Reference basics: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/ (Links to an external site.)

2. READ, INTERPRET, DISCUSS. Read the information and think