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Table of Contents
Pretest 1. Medications 2. Pharmacy Law 3. Patient Safety and Quality Assurance 4. Prescription Processing 5. NEW! Compounded Sterile Products
Practice Examinations
Practice Exams for PTCB (5 total) Practice Exams for ExCPT (2 total) Practice Exams for CSPT (2 total)
Appendices A: Certification Examination Information B: Drug Nomenclature: Stems Used by the U.S. Adopted Names Council C: Top 200 Prescribed Medications (Based on Filled Prescriptions) D: Common Over-the-Counter Products E: Institute for Safe Medication Practices List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations F: Medical Root Words, Suffixes and Prefixes G: Pharmaceutical Abbreviations H: Medical Abbreviations Answers and Rationales Index