“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...
Finally, when looking at billing, it can be advantageous for technicians to look at the pharmacy’s own reimbursement to keep the process patient centered, he said. However, when the billing decision is cost neutral for a patient, an infusion technician can choose the most financially...
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......
The UHS IBD team includes a highly motivated pharmacy technician (PT). In the UK, PT are registered non-prescribing healthcare professionals, but training does not include autonomous blood monitoring and symptom review. METHODS. To ensure competency of autonomous blood monitoring and symptom review,...
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...
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 ...
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.