NYS Part 3 (Compounding) Exam

[Sparda29]

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Just some questions about the exam, specifically the IV part of the exam.

#1 - Is it true that you only get 1 shot at making the IV?
#2 - Is it true that once you enter the room, you cannot leave if you forget to take an IV preparation item with you (if I forget to take a vial or the IV bag seal into the room or whatnot)
#3 - Can you sit while preparing the IV? I've found that I can do the IV prep work a lot better if I'm sitting down at the hood.

 

[indebtpharmd]

Just some questions about the exam, specifically the IV part of the exam.

#1 - Is it true that you only get 1 shot at making the IV?
#2 - Is it true that once you enter the room, you cannot leave if you forget to take an IV preparation item with you (if I forget to take a vial or the IV bag seal into the room or whatnot)
#3 - Can you sit while preparing the IV? I've found that I can do the IV prep work a lot better if I'm sitting down at the hood.

#1 You have to acknowledge you made a mistake and ask for a restart. You will then be given 10 minutes and a new chance with only 5% points taken off. They will not tell you if you made an error, they wont even talk to you.

#2 Everything to make the IV is in the IV room. You must know what to pick before you compound your IV (ex. Pick a 50ml bag over a 100ml bag). They usually have multiple drugs you will never use to make sure your paying attention.

#3 This never came up for me. There are not any stools in the room I will be taking it in. I imagine sitting may make you bring your arms too far out of the hood, resulting in a contamination.

 

[Sparda29]

#1 You have to acknowledge you made a mistake and ask for a restart. You will then be given 10 minutes and a new chance with only 5% points taken off. They will not tell you if you made an error, they wont even talk to you.

#2 Everything to make the IV is in the IV room. You must know what to pick before you compound your IV (ex. Pick a 50ml bag over a 100ml bag). They usually have multiple drugs you will never use to make sure your paying attention.

#3 This never came up for me. There are not any stools in the room I will be taking it in. I imagine sitting may make you bring your arms too far out of the hood, resulting in a contamination.

The hood that we have here at Touro is rather low. The hood window that's open is about waist level. Thus to get my arms 6 inches into the hood to work on the product, my face is pretty much touching the glass.

I seem to always forget to bring small product like a label or the sticky foil to seal the IV bag after you're done.

 

[indebtpharmd]

The hood that we have here at Touro is rather low. The hood window that's open is about waist level. Thus to get my arms 6 inches into the hood to work on the product, my face is pretty much touching the glass.

I seem to always forget to bring small product like a label or the sticky foil to seal the IV bag after you're done.

I do this often as well. Your prep time doesnt count as compounding time. Just try to look at everything once because then you will remember the label/iv port cover or anything else you may have forgotten. I set the IV port cover and label right on the IV bag in the hood so that I always remember to attach it to the finished product. I set everything up step by step then work from left to right.

 

[DrHuge]

In Albany all of the supplies are in the rooms where you make. So you would grab all the items you need first (I found it easy that I wrote down on the side of my exam what I needed to grab since I also think you are timed for grabbing the items you need: 100ml bag of NS, 10ml vial of CalGluc, 2ml vial Hep, 5ml vial KCl, 3 needles, 3 syringes each for how much I was drawing up, and sticky seal). There are so many people taking it in Albany that there are two rooms (one actual "IV ROOM" with about 4 or 5 hoods and then in the practice pharmacy they use the counters as IV hoods and you pretend you are in the hood). As stated, your set up time is not included in your compounding time. I believe you are allowed to ask for one restart and they do take points off for a restart. As for chairs, there are no chairs in either room in Albany to sit down while making the IV, it only takes a couple of minutes if you have good practice at it.

 

[Smartylittle]

Does anyone know what the pass rate is for the NY Compounding exam? Do most people typically pass? I don't have too much compounding experience but I am planning on taking Dr. Cutie's compounding class before I take the exam...hope that helps!