PHARMACY TECHNICIAN NATIONAL CERTIFICATION

Pharmacy Technicians:
• Work with licensed pharmacists in retail pharmacies and hospitals to provide medication and health care products to patients
• Retrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure and sometimes mix medications
• Prepare prescription labels, select prescription containers and affix labels to containers
• Price and file filled prescriptions that will be checked by the pharmacist
• May be required to read patient charts if working in a hospital

What Will I Learn?
Topics covered in this course include:
• Drug classes and prefixes
• Controlled drugs
• Extemporaneous admixtures
• Sterile products
• Total parenteral nutrition
• Safe handling of antineoplastic drugs
• Federal Pharmacy Law
• Medical/pharmaceutical terminology and abbreviations
• Pharmaceutical mathematics

What is the Employment Outlook?
The job outlook for full and part-time pharmacy technicians is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2018. According to the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services, Bureau of Labor Market Information, pharmacy technician is to grow 26% over the next several years.

Educational Prerequisites & Requirements:
Students must possess a high school diploma or GED equivalent and be a minimum of 18 years old. Considerable homework is required and several class sessions will focus on the necessary math skills.

Certification:
Emily’s Law (S.B. 203) requires pharmacy technicians to meet certain qualifications and pass either the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Examination (PTCB Examination) or the Institute for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT) Examination. This program is designed to meet the specification of the certification exams and will help prepare you to take the exam. For more information on the PTCB Exam, contact www.ptcb.org. For more information on the ExCPT Exam, contact www.nationaltechexam.org.

There are no scheduled sessions at this time. Sign up to be notified when this course is available.

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