Pharmacy Technician
         The Pharmacy Technician Profession                                  Education and Certifications
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         The need for Pharmacy Technicians continues to grow with               ƒtudents should have or be pursuing a high school 
         demand expected to increase substantially through 2014.               diploma or ‰Š….
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         Technicians work under the supervision of a registered                 The Pharmacy Technician ertification  oard’s ‹PT Œ is 
         pharmacist in hospitals home infusion pharmacies                    the national certification exam.
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         community pharmacies and other healthcare settings.                    Žumerous states now re‘uire PT  certification to work 
         This high demand for pharmacy technicians is the result               as a pharmacy technician.
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         of a multitude of factors including the constant availability          ertain national and state pharmacy technician 
         of new drugs the national shortage of registered                     certification exams are available.
         pharmacists the establishment of certified pharmacy                Detailed Course Topics Covered
         technicians and the aging population. pproximately 
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         400000 technicians will be employed by the year 201 to               The history of pharmacy and healthcare
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         meet our nation’s growing healthcare demands.                          Pharmacy technician role and responsibilities
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         The Pharmacy Technician Program                                        Pharmacy technician certification and registration 
                                                                               process
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         This program will prepare students to enter the pharmacy               Types of pharmacies including the hospital pharmacy 
         field and to pursue certification including the Pharmacy              retail practice long’term care practice mail order 
         Technician ertification  oard’s PT  exam. This course               pharmacy home care pharmacies and others
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         covers the following key areas and topics­                             …rug regulation and control
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         •                                                                      Pharmaceutical terminology and related anatomy
            Pharmacy calculations
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         •                                                                      Parts of the prescription and labeling
            ‚edical terminology specific to the pharmacy
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         •                                                                      Pharmacy calculations and math review
            ƒkills to read and interpret prescriptions
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         •                                                                      Pharmacy measures and abbreviations
            „eview of the top 200 drugs
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         •                                                                      „outes and formulations
            ƒkills to identify drugs by generic and brand names
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         •                                                                      Parenterals and compounding
            …osage calculations †.‡. flow rates drug compounding 
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           and dose conversions                                                  asic biopharmaceutics
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         •                                                                      septic techni‘ue and the handling of sterile products
            …ispensing of prescriptions inventory control and billing 
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           and reimbursement                                                    Total Parenteral Žutrition ‹TPŽŒ
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                                                                                 asics of †‡ solutions and calculating 24’hour supply of 
                                                                               †‡ solutions
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                                                                                “actors affecting drug activity
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                                                                                †nformation and pharmacy resources
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                                                                                †nventory management and financial issues
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                                                                                 rand names and generic drugs
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                                                                                …rug names and drug classes