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Pharmacy Technician 2
Introduction
Back in time, Pharmacy Technicians were only non-responsible assistants to the Pharmacist. ... Actually, the only duty of the Technician was to be a cashier. The Technician was always dressed in civilian clothing, not scrubs or lab jackets. You would drop your prescription off and the Technician would write down your address and date of birth. That just about sums up the duties of the old days Technician. ...
Duties of the new and improved Pharmacy Technician have grown a great deal in the last decade. These duties range from maintaining patient records, daily up keep of the pharmacy, preparation of medications and customer relations. ... The Technician can file paper work; this tends to take some daily pressure off of the Pharmacist. ... Pharmacy Technicians spend almost all day on their feet. ...
Pharmacy Technicians perform a lot of cleaning chores throughout each day and also throughout each day and also through the week. The pharmacy part of the building gets cleaned once a week. The mixing area requires daily moping, wall wiping and room
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Sterilization. ... When the pharmacy runs out of a certain drug, the Pharmacist automatically looks at the Pharmacy Technician for fault. ...
Now days, Pharmacy Technicians are playing a big part in the preparation of medications. ... Then, the Technician will mix or count pills and everything else that gets dispensed to the patient. ... The Technician also performs patient follow-ups by inquiring about weekly supplies needed with their drug therapies.
Pharmacy Technicians are dealt some pretty heavy responsibilities. ... One of the key elements in keeping the mixing room and mixing hoods sterile is called “Aseptic
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Technique; Aseptic means: “without microorganisms. ... It is the job of the Pharmacist to make sure that errors do not leave the pharmacy, but on the other hand, if I make a mistake back in the mixing room, there is no way the Pharmacist would be able to pick up on the error.
Approximate Word count = 1439
Approximate Pages = 5.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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