These medications must be precisely prepared and properly delivered. The common perception is that pharmacists prepare medications and technicians simply deliver them. This view of their job is both accurate and inaccurate.
Pharmacy technicians are most often seen as the pharmacy’s “delivery-boy”. Technicians are responsible for timely delivery of medications. However, delivery of medications is more than the act of getting drugs to a patient. The delivery of medication is directly tied to the charge for the medication. Thus the responsibility for charging or crediting medication belongs to technicians. This aspect of their job is strictly governed by federal regulations. These laws hold the technician directly responsible for the accuracy of a patient’s account’s charge.
Pharmacists are highly educated in the form, uses, and interactions of certain medicines and also in how those medicines affect normal body functions. They keep thorough patient medication records, which contain important health information. Pharmacy technicians give advice to patients on the proper use of medications, and they also are important sources of information to physicians and other health care providers. The majority of the duties of a pharmacy technician are to maintain, dispense, count, package, and carefully label medications for patients.
Pharmacists serve patients by providing information and advice on well-being. They also supply medication to patients in need of a better