Standards of practice for the pharmacy technician
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Published: |
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott William & Wilkins,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia |
Publication Dates: | c2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
LWW pharmacy technician education series |
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Carrier Form: | xxiii, 419 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm. +1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.). |
ISBN: |
9780781766173 0781766176 |
Index Number: | R943 |
CLC: | R943-65 |
Call Number: | R943-65/M699 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Pharmacy history -- Pharmacy of today and tomorrow -- Professional roles in the pharmacy -- Pharmacy law -- Differentiating law and ethics -- Confidentiality and HIPAA -- The right medication to the right patient at the right time : communicating clearly -- The right dosage form and the right route of administration : working with accuracy -- At the right price : handling payment -- Medication error prevention -- Over-the-counter medications, herbal products, and diagnostic aids -- Outpatient prescriptions -- Inpatient hospital and homecare prescription processing -- Inventory control -- Compounding equipment and use -- Solutions, syrups, and suspensions -- Dry powders, capsules, and lozenges -- Ointments, creams, gels, pastes, and suppositories -- Introduction to microbiology and aseptic technique -- USP chapter 797 guidelines for compounded sterile products -- Large- and small-volume parenterals -- Total parenteral nutrition -- Compounding sterile chemotherapeutic products -- Professional organizations and education -- Expanding horizons for technicians. |