PPB Pharmacist Exam case studies
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The PPB Pharmacist Exam is the examination pathway associated with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), the body whose website lists "Students – Exams and Internship" among its services and hosts a dedicated Exams page under its Students section. Candidates should treat this page as an independent study resource: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Board, and it does not reproduce any official question bank. The PPB Pharmacist Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,286 words.
1Three Post-Approval Changes in One Cycle: Variation or New Application?
Medipro Ltd, a Nairobi manufacturer, holds a marketing authorisation for Cefrine 500 mg film-coated tablets, shelf life 24 months, packed in PVC/Alu blisters. In a single submissions cycle it wants to: (1) move only the film-coating step to a second licensed site 40 km away, keeping granulation and compression at the original site; (2) extend shelf life from 24 to 36 months using 12 months' long-term and 6 months' accelerated stability data; (3) add a 250 mg strength made from the same granulate, with tablet weight halved, intended for paediatric use and carrying a weight-based paediatric dose statement that does not appear on the 500 mg label.
926 words, about 5 min2Retail Pharmacy Wants a Wholesale Arm - With No Superintendent
Rift Valley Community Pharmacy in Nakuru has held a retail premises licence for three years. The owner, a registered pharmaceutical technologist, wants to start supplying 12 private clinics within 80 km, holding the wholesale stock in the same 90 m2 shop.
791 words, about 4 min3Hospital Inspection: Expired Resuscitation Stock and a Silent Cold Chain Failure
A 450-bed private hospital in Mombasa was inspected after a complaint. The inspector recorded: two boxes of adrenaline 1 mg/mL injection that expired four months ago, still in the emergency crash trolley; nine days of missing refrigerator temperature logs, with the data logger showing vaccines held at 11-13 C for an unrecorded period; no written SOP for preparing paediatric parenteral nutrition; and three near-miss mix-ups between hydralazine 25 mg and hydroxyzine 25 mg, whose cartons look almost identical.
840 words, about 4 min4Consent Version Control, a Freezer Failure and a Delayed Ethics Report
A Phase III trial of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children aged 3-59 months is running at a site in Kilifi with 640 participants enrolled. After protocol v4.0 and consent form v4.0 were approved - the new form adds a paragraph on the risk of febrile convulsions - the site continued using consent form v3.0 for 11 participants over three weeks.
876 words, about 4 min5Five Anaphylaxis Reports, One Batch, and Forty Unlabelled Boxes
Between 2 and 23 March, four hospitals in three counties reported five cases of anaphylaxis, two requiring intensive care, within 10 minutes of a first intravenous dose of ceftriaxone 1 g made by a local manufacturer. Three of the five cases involved batch CE-2291.
853 words, about 4 min