APhA's Complete Review for the Pharmacy Technician

by Posey, L. Michael

• ISBN13: 9781582120096
• ISBN10: 1582120099
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: APhA Publications

Summary

The only book organized to correspond directly to the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination's new Content Outline (as of August 1999). Detailed, reliable and concise, it reviews the many specific activities performed by pharmacy technicians and all the knowledge that test candidates must master to pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination. Each of the book's 15 chapters starts with a list of the Content Outline's responsibilities, and knowledge statements covered in the chapter. The chapters themselves are organized into sections that correspond to the broad function areas in the certification exam.

Table of Contents

Section I - Basic Information

1. Role of the Pharmacy Technician in Pharmacy Practice

2. Pharmacy Calculations, Abbreviations, and Terminology

3. Pharmacy Governance

4. Drug Classifications and Formulations

Section II - Prescription Dispensing

5. What Happens When a Prescription is Processed

6. Assisting with Pharmaceutical Care Activities

7. Pharmacy Computer Systems and Automation

8. Interacting with Patients

9. Nonsterile Compounding and Bulk Compounding

10. Sterile Compounding and Radiopharmaceuticals

11. How Pharmacies are Paid for Prescriptions

Section III - Maintaining Medication and Inventory Control Systems

12. Inventory Control and Management

13. Special Consdierations: Drug Formularies, Storage, Recalls, and Theft and Diversion

Section IV - Assisting with Pharmacy Administration and Management

14. Quality Assurance and Control

15. Fitting into Your Workplace

Appendixes

A. Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination Content Outline

B. Contact Information for National Technician Organizations

C. Contact Information for State Pharmacy Associations

D. Contact Information for State Boards of Pharmacy

Index