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| N | % correct | % incorrect | % don’t know |
| Biosimilars are the same as generic medicines (Correct answer = “No”) | ||||
| Overall | 235 | 40.0 | 20.9 | 39.1 |
| Doctor | 48 | 41.7 | 31.2 | 27.1 |
| Nurse | 128 | 28.1 | 20.3 | 51.6 |
| Pharmacist | 41 | 70.7 | 9.8 | 19.5 |
| Pharmacy technologist | 18 | 50.0 | 22.2 | 27.8 |
| In an adverse drug reaction report, it is better to identify a biological medicine by its non-proprietary name instead of its brand name (Correct answer = “No”) | ||||
| Overall | 235 | 26.0 | 56.2 | 17.9 |
| Doctor | 48 | 37.5 | 54.2 | 8.3 |
| Nurse | 128 | 17.2 | 56.2 | 26.6 |
| Pharmacist | 41 | 41.5 | 56.1 | 2.4 |
| Pharmacy technologist | 18 | 22.2 | 61.1 | 16.7 |
| In general, biological medicines pose a greater risk of immunogenicity than non-biological (chemical) medicines (Correct answer = “Yes”) | ||||
| Overall | 235 | 40.0 | 19.6 | 40.4 |
| Doctor | 48 | 62.5 | 16.7 | 20.8 |
| Nurse | 128 | 30.5 | 18.8 | 50.8 |
| Pharmacist | 41 | 53.7 | 24.4 | 22.0 |
| Pharmacy technologist | 18 | 16.7 | 22.2 | 61.1 |
| Different batches of the same biological medicine are always identical (Correct answer = “No”) | ||||
| Overall | 235 | 53.2 | 17.0 | 29.8 |
| Doctor | 48 | 72.9 | 4.2 | 22.9 |
| Nurse | 128 | 43.8 | 13.3 | 43.0 |
| Pharmacist | 41 | 61.0 | 31.7 | 7.3 |
| Pharmacy technologist | 18 | 50.0 | 44.4 | 5.6 |
| Rare adverse drug reactions resulting from changes to the manufacturing process of a biological medicine can always be predicted (Correct answer = “No”) | ||||
| Overall | 235 | 49.8 | 24.7 | 25.5 |
| Doctor | 48 | 64.6 | 14.6 | 20.8 |
| Nurse | 128 | 38.3 | 27.3 | 34.4 |
| Pharmacist | 41 | 63.4 | 31.7 | 4.9 |
| Pharmacy technologist | 18 | 61.1 | 16.7 | 22.2 |
| It is more important to include batch numbers in adverse drug reaction reports for non-biological medicines than it is for biological medicines (Correct answer = “No”) | ||||
| Overall | 235 | 37.0 | 42.6 | 20.4 |
| Doctor | 48 | 35.4 | 47.9 | 16.7 |
| Nurse | 128 | 26.6 | 45.3 | 28.1 |
| Pharmacist | 41 | 53.7 | 36.6 | 9.8 |
| Pharmacy technologist | 18 | 77.8 | 22.0 | 0 |
| Keeping a biological medicine outside its recommended storage conditions may introduce or alter immunogenicity (Correct answer = “Yes”) | ||||
| Overall | 235 | 81.3 | 7.2 | 11.5 |
| Doctor | 48 | 93.8 | 0 | 6.2 |
| Nurse | 128 | 72.7 | 10.9 | 16.4 |
| Pharmacist | 41 | 87.8 | 7.3 | 4.9 |
| Pharmacy technologist | 18 | 94.4 | 5.6 | 0 |
| Adverse drug reactions associated with a patient changing between different brands of biological medicine should be reported (Correct answer = “Yes”) | ||||
| Overall | 235 | 85.5 | 6.0 | 8.5 |
| Doctor | 48 | 87.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| Nurse | 128 | 80.5 | 6.2 | 13.3 |
| Pharmacist | 41 | 92.7 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Pharmacy technologist | 18 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |