Pharmacy technicians working in retail or mail- order having varying responsibilities which may include:
- Receiving written prescriptions
- Receiving requests for prescription refills
- Receiving prescriptions electronically from doctors' offices
- Verifying information on prescription for completeness and accuracy
- Establishing and maintaining patient profiles
- Preparing insurance claim forms
- Stocking and taking inventory
Pharmacy technicians preparing prescriptions by:
- Retrieving
- Counting
- Pouring
- Weighing
- Measuring
- Preparing the Label
- Selecting proper containers
- Affixing the prescription and auxiliary labels to the container
- Pricing and filling prescriptions (must be checked by pharmacist before given to patient)
In hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted-living facilities technicians may:
- Read patient charts
- Prepare and deliver medication to patients (must be checked by pharmacist before delivery to patient)
- Records information about medication in patient profile
- Assemble 24-hour medication supply for patients
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