Pharmacy Technicians: Current Status in the States

Fitzgerald, Walter L.; Smalley, M. Dale; Cash, Harold

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“…In 1991, 2 states required certification and registration of pharmacy technicians: Michigan and New Hampshire. 50 Increasing the role of pharmacy technicians could help states with extreme shortages of pharmacists. Establishing a quality control check on pharmacy technicians' final check could be used to maintain a high level of accuracy.…”

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Review of Tech-Check-Tech

Wilson

2003

Journal of Pharmacy Technology

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Objective: To explore the legal implications of the empiric literature and relevant legal literature on tech-check-tech. Methods: Two reviews were made: one of the states' and US holdings' laws regarding technician credentialing and tech-check-tech, and another of the empiric literature on tech-check-tech. Data Sources/Selection: The International Pharmacy Abstracts database and PubMed were searched for articles using the following key words: Tech* & accuracy, Tech* & check, Tech* & error, and tech-check-tech. When searching PubMed, the term “pharmacy” was added in each search. This search was verified July 2, 2002, to ensure that no articles were missed. Full articles and meeting abstracts were included if they contained data that allowed for comparisons between pharmacists' and technicians' accuracy or error rates in checking. Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources were used. All articles included were searched on the Web of Science to find other relevant articles. The bibliographies of the included articles were also checked. Data Synthesis: Thirty-five of the 53 US states and holdings (66%) either license, register, certify, require Pharmacy Technician Certification Board certification, and/or have technician training or educational requirements. Four states (7.5%) allow tech-check-tech in some form. Ten empiric studies were found that investigated tech-check-tech. The error detection rate was available in only 2 of the studies and showed nearly the same rates (technicians 97%, pharmacists 94%). Conclusions: This work found no evidence suggesting that tech-check-tech should not be adopted for unit-dose cart fill in every state. The credentialing of technicians varies greatly from state to state. Tech-check-tech procedures are sparsely used in the US. Training may improve accuracy, and the average error detection rate was higher for technicians than for pharmacists.

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Wilson

2003

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“…2 Eight states did not allow pharmacy technicians in community pharmacy settings until 1981. 3,4 Three states had credentialing requirements for pharmacy technicians in 1981. 2 In 1985, 5 states had credentialing requirements.…”

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“…3 In 1991, 25 states had pharmacy technician training requirements. 4 In 1992, 17 states required 1 or more pharmacy technician qualifications. 1 Raehl et al listed the types of requirements at that time as including some in-service training (n = 6 states), that pharmacy technicians be high-school graduates (n = 5 states), 3 months of on-the-job training (n = 4 states), that the pharmacy technician be 18 years of age or older (n = 3 states), institutional training (n = 3 states), no criminal record (n = 2 states), and registration (n = 2 states).…”

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Investigation of the Potential Effects of Registration Requirements on Florida Pharmacy Technician Credentials

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Kimberlin

Brushwood

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Journal of Pharmacy Technology

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Background: On June 23, 2008, Florida adopted regulations mandating credentialing requirements for pharmacy technicians. Objective: To investigate the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) certified pharmacy technician self-report and pharmacist report of work experience, education, training, and non-PTCB certification credentials of Florida community pharmacy technicians prior to the adoption of registration requirements in that state and to predict the effects of the requirements on Florida pharmacy technicians. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was mailed to 2000 Florida pharmacists and 2000 Florida PTCB Certified Pharmacy Technicians (CPhTs) in 2004. Results: Of the 1230 returned questionnaires, 571 (46%) were from pharmacists and 659 (54%) were from technicians. Most of the pharmacists in the sample reported that they had supervised a CPhT, while few had supervised a technician with an AA in Pharmacy Technician Sciences. Most of the technicians sampled reported having some higher education. Less than half reported having formal technician training. Few reported having non-PTCB pharmacy technician certificates. Conclusions: Florida pharmacy technicians had some higher education or technician training credentialing, despite its not being mandatory. Pharmacists may not always be aware of the education and credentials of the technicians they supervise. The new registration requirements will most likely have little effect on existing Florida pharmacy technicians who register before January 1, 2011. Those who are CPhTs will have to complete types of continuing education that are different from those that they were required to complete for certification. Those who are not CPhTs will have to complete continuing education programs.

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Voluntary Technician Certification Program Reflects Changes in Practice

Flanagan¹

1995

American Pharmacy

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