Question

a pharmacy technician should recognize that which of the following organizations collects information about undesirable effects that occur after immunizations?
medication errors reporting program (merp)
medwatch
medmarx
vaccine adverse event reporting system (vaers)
question 36
1 point
a pharmacy technician should recognize that a prescription for isotretinoin (accutane) must be filled at a pharmacy that uses which of the following?
step therapy
ipledge
fda adverse event reporting system (faers)

Explanation:

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is specifically designed to collect information about adverse effects that occur after immunizations. The other options are related to different aspects of medication - MERP focuses on medication errors, MedWatch is for reporting adverse events of all drugs and medical products, and MedMarx is a database for hospital - reported medication errors. For the second part, isotretinoin (Accutane) has strict risk - management requirements and must be filled at a pharmacy that uses iPLEDGE, a pregnancy prevention program due to its high teratogenicity.

Answer:

First question: D. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
Second question: B. iPLEDGE