“Pharmacy technicians can absolutely be safely trained to administer immunizations, and they do a great job,” McKeirnan said. In another program, McKeirnan said she worked with a team to train 7 technicians in White River, Arizona, to administer vaccines to Native American families, many of...
This study aimed to evaluate whether pharmacy technicians can assist hospital physicians' in obtaining medication histories by performing medication reconciliation and prescribing reviews. A secondary aim was to evaluate whether the interventions made by pharmacy......
“Training pharmacy technicians to evaluate appropriate site of care and waived plan benefits can reduce the workload for the pharmacist and lead to advancement opportunities for technicians.” Billing: Medical Vs. Pharmacy Benefit Infused drugs can be billed either through the medical or the...
CPC-077 Involving Pharmacy Technicians in Medicines Reconciliation in the Emergency Department: What Can We Expect?In 2011, the Centre Hospitalier de Valenciennes Emergency Department (ED) treated an average of 140 patients per day, and 38.8% of these patients were hospitalised. Thus, 54 patients ...
Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive from all effected stakeholders (PT, IBD pharmacy and nursing team and gastroenterologists). CONCLUSION. Identifying appropriate tasks and upskilling the IBD PT has enabled a more cost-effective and efficient use of IBD workflow, care standardisation, team ...
Focuses on the development of a strong and competent pharmacy technician work force in the U.S. Measures taken to increase the demand of pharmacy technicians; Necessity to take measures for the pharmacist work force shortage; Increase in concern about safe medication use.Maine...
Pharmacy Times®: What can pharmacists do to help prevent drug diversion? Jake Nichols: As a profession, we have suffered from lack of education around what addiction is and what the signs and symptoms are. And that’s not unique to our profession by any means. If you ask any physicians...
Whitney Hummel, AAS, CPhT-Adv, CSPT, RYT, pharmacy operations coordinator at the Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, discusses burnout for pharmacy technicians.
The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Passport is a temporary authorization that facilitates pharmacists and pharmacy technicians practicing in another state.
With that comes the need for clear, effective communication between you and your pharmacy technicians. When communication breaks down, it can cause serious patient safety issues. A study of 10 years’ worth of medical errors found that 66% were caused by ineffective team communication. Pharmacy ...