Hospital Pharmacy Technician Qualifications

Specialized pharmacy oncology technician: experience at the ridge meadows hospital.

During the past 40 years, the roles of the pharmacy technician have expanded to services beyond traditional duties within the pharmacy department, correlating with the ever-changing needs of the health care system. In other countries, such as the United Kingdom, the roles of pharmacy technicians go beyond those of their Canadian counterparts to include advising patients about medications, revie...

Minimum qualifications for clinical pharmacy practice faculty.

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2013 Educational Affairs Committee was charged with developing recommendations for the minimum qualifications required for clinical pharmacy practice faculty in United States colleges and schools of pharmacy with respect to education, postgraduate training, board certification, and other experiences. From a review of the literature, the committee recomm...

Best possible medication history by a pharmacy technician at a tertiary care hospital.

At all interfaces of care during a hospital stay (admission, transfer, and discharge), the potential exists for inaccurate information about a patient’s drug therapy to be used for various purposes. If inaccurate information is used in establishing or modifying therapy, adverse drug events may occur. Such adverse events may span the range of drug-related problems, from inappropriate initiation ...

ASHP accreditation standard for pharmacy technician training programs.

Results of the 2015 National Certified Pharmacy Technician Workforce Survey.

PURPOSE The results of the 2015 National Certified Pharmacy Technician Workforce Survey are described. METHODS A survey was e-mailed to a randomized sample of 5,000 certified pharmacy technicians (CPhTs) throughout the United States, with response reminders employed. Survey items eliciting demographic and work characteristics and work life attitudes were generated from the literature and qual...