| The pharmacy technician has a very high level of responsibility. Because pharmacy technicians receive written prescriptions and refill requests, they must verify the accuracy of the information on the prescriptions. The technician must retrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure and sometimes mix medications. Pharmacy technicians also prepare prescription labels, select prescription containers and affix appropriate labels to the containers.
Technicians often price and file prescriptions, in addition to establishing and maintaining patient profiles, preparing insurance claim forms and stocking and taking inventory of prescription and over-the-counter medications. In hospitals, technicians have added responsibilities such as reading patient charts, preparing medications, delivering prescribed medications to patients and copying detailed information about those medications onto patient profiles. |
