Standards of practice for the pharmacy technician. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mary E. Mohr.
• Other Names: Mohr, Mary E
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : LWW
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (448 pages)
• Subjects: 615.1; Pharmacy technicians -- Standards; Clinical Competence -- standards; Pharmacists' Aides -- standards; Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage; Pharmacy -- methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781451163124; 1451163126
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.