Pharmacy Technician Case Study

Elizabeth has been working as a pharmacy technician between two and a half to three years.
She started working as a pharmacy technician because she lost her job in the automotive field and wasn’t having a lot of luck finding a new job in the same field. She decided to find a job in the medical field because she felt that she would have a better chance of getting a job. She signed up for free classes offered by the state of Michigan that would help provide her with new skills and education in order for her to find a job. She chose pharmacy technician over other medical careers because she wasn’t interested in having to learn how to give shots to patients. The classes didn’t last very long but were very intense. They were given a lot of information …show more content…
It’s very important to be able to recognize forgeries. In addition, you have no idea if these customers are addicted to the medications or are selling them and how they might react to me questioning their prescription.
She says that at her pharmacy they have technology such as computers, automatic counting machines, and bar scanners which help to ensure the accuracy of the prescriptions. Computers help to keep track of patients and their prescriptions. Also, you are not able to enter a prescription for a medication that’s not listed in the computer. This helps to ensure that you’re spelling the medication correctly. Computers also make it easier to locate or look up patients’ files. Elizabeth didn’t specifically state how many automatic counting machines they had at their pharmacy, but she did indicate that they had more than one. While these machines are very helpful to ensure accuracy, Elizabeth said that they do also count pills to make sure the prescription is correct. Also, she needed to count pills when the number of pills prescribed was larger. The bar scanners help to make sure that you have the