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a pharmacy technician is accustomed to working with medications in vials using chemotherapy - dispensing pins. a new order needs to be completed, and no dispensing pins are available. which of the following actions should the technician take?

• use a syringe that can hold half as much diluent as will be drawn into the syringe barrel.
• invert the medication vial.
• use a syringe with an anti - lock fitting.
• maintain a slight negative pressure inside the vial.

Explanation:

In sterile compounding, when dispensing pins aren't available, using a syringe with an anti - lock fitting is a key practice to ensure safe and proper handling of medications (especially in pharmacy settings dealing with vials, like for chemotherapy drugs). Inverting the vial or using a syringe with half - volume diluent isn't the correct approach here, and maintaining negative pressure isn't the right action for this situation.

Answer:

Use a syringe with an anti - lock fitting.