Pharmacy
technicians play a major role in modern pharmacy practice. The
pharmacist relies on the technician to provide an extra layer of safety.
It is important for technicians to follow system-based processes and
inform the pharmacist whenever they have questions, concerns, or feel
processes do not work or are unmanageable.
Prescription Drop-Off
If technicians are stationed at prescription drop-off, consider creating
a checklist of critical patient information that the technician should
obtain from each patient. The date of birth should be written on every
hard copy prescription so the pharmacist has a second identifier readily
available during verification. Allergy and medical condition (eg,
pregnancy) information should be updated in the patient’s profile at
each patient encounter and communicated to the verification pharmacist.
Knowing a patient’s medical conditions can help the pharmacist uncover
errors.
Order Entry
Medication safety is enhanced when technicians know medical terminology
and drug names, especially if they enter prescriptions. - See more at:
http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2010/January2010/MedicationSafety-0110#sthash.GbqDrqg4.dpuf
Pharmacy technicians play a major role in modern pharmacy practice. The pharmacist relies on the technician to provide an extra layer of safety. It is important for technicians to
follow system-based processes and inform the pharmacist whenever they have questions, concerns, or feel processes do not work or are unmanageable.
Prescription Drop-Off:
If technicians are stationed at prescription drop-off, consider creating a checklist of critical patient information that the technician should obtain from each patient. The date of birth should be written on every hard copy prescription so the pharmacist has a second identifier readily available during verification. Allergy and medical condition (eg, pregnancy) information should be updated in the patient’s profile at each patient encounter and communicated to the verification pharmacist.
Knowing a patient’s medical conditions can help the pharmacist uncover errors.
Order Entry:
Medication safety is enhanced when technicians know medical terminology and drug names, especially if they enter prescriptions.
Pharmacy
technicians play a major role in modern pharmacy practice. The
pharmacist relies on the technician to provide an extra layer of safety.
It is important for technicians to follow system-based processes and
inform the pharmacist whenever they have questions, concerns, or feel
processes do not work or are unmanageable.
Prescription Drop-Off
If technicians are stationed at prescription drop-off, consider creating
a checklist of critical patient information that the technician should
obtain from each patient. The date of birth should be written on every
hard copy prescription so the pharmacist has a second identifier readily
available during verification. Allergy and medical condition (eg,
pregnancy) information should be updated in the patient’s profile at
each patient encounter and communicated to the verification pharmacist.
Knowing a patient’s medical conditions can help the pharmacist uncover
errors.
Order Entry
Medication safety is enhanced when technicians know medical terminology
and drug names, especially if they enter prescriptions. - See more at:
http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2010/January2010/MedicationSafety-0110#sthash.GbqDrqg4.dpuf
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