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Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants

UK - Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants perform a variety of tasks associated with dispensing medicinal products under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional.

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Tasks

  • (a) preparing medications and other pharmaceutical compounds under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional
  • (b) dispensing medicines and drugs to clients and giving written and oral instructions on their use, as prescribed by medical doctors, veterinarians or other health porfessionals
  • (c) maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs
  • (c) maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs
  • (e) filling and labelling containers with prescribed medications
  • (f) assisting clients by answering questions, locating items or referring them to a pharmacist
  • (g) pricing and filing prescriptions that have been filled, establish and maintain patient records, including lists of medications taken by individual patients
  • (h) ordering, labelling, and counting stock of medications, chemicals, and supplies, and entering inventory data into records-keeping systems
  • (i) cleaning and preparing equipment and containers used to prepare and dispense medicines and pharmaceutical compounds
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