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| Pharmacy Technicians assist registered pharmacist in |
| dispensing medications and other health care products |
| to patients. They work in institutional and community |
| pharmacies. Job duties include working with third party and |
| doctor's offices in resolving adjudication of patients' |
| insurance or state funding programs. Pharmacy Technicians |
| often do the routine tasks associated with preparing |
| prescribed medication and providing drugs to patients. They |
| may also compound medications, process verbal prescriptions, |
| respond to doctor calls, coordinate expense and medication |
| orders, handle returns and expired credits, and oversee |
| non-licensed pharmacy management. A through knowledge of |
| weights and measures and proficiency in area of fractions, |
| ratios, proportions, decimals, and metric system conversions |
| is strongly recommended for successful completion of this |
| program. |
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| Optional Pharmacy Technician certifications are avilable for |
| those who are interested. |