Pharmacy Technician Skills-Building Manual (The)

The Pharmacy Technician Skills-Building Manual is a practical, hands-on workbook designed to help technicians understand the basics of pharmacy operations, equipment, and tasks.

Key Features:
• Text is designed as a workbook for use in technician training programs, with background information accompanied by exercises and activities.
• 12 chapters present key information on duties, operations, computer skills, equipment, drugs, preparation of prescriptions, storage, compounding, researching of drug information, and understanding of professional issues such as certification, boards of pharmacy, and HIPAA.
• More than 100 photos and illustrations show equipment, techniques, and materials.
• Examples of common compounding recipes are provided.
• List of abbreviations that technicians must know to work effectively in pharmacies and follow-up exercises are provided.
• Exercises test technicians’ knowledge of trade and generic drug names.
• Separate answer key is available for instructors.

Table of Contents
• Pharmacy Technician Job Description and Duties
• Technician Responsibilities in the Community Pharmacy
• Drug Label Information and Dosage Forms
• Prescription Requirements and Preparation
• The Pharmacy Environment
• Hospital Pharmacy
• Nonsterile Compounding
• Sterile Compounding
• Specialized Sterile Compounding
• Automated Systems
• Drug Information
• Professional Requirements
• Appendix I. Commonly Used Pharmacy-Related Abbreviations and Self-Study Tests
• Appendix II. Trade and Generic Drug Name Self-Tests
• Appendix III. Compounding Recipes