Should Pharmacy Technicians Provide Clinical Services or Perform Patient Care Activities in Areas without a Pharmacist?

Capacitação e intervenções de técnicos de farmácia na dispensação de medicamentos em Atenção Primária à Saúde

“…The consensus is that well-trained pharmacy technicians contribute so that the pharmacist can dedicate himself/herself more to clinical activities rather than administrative and managerial activities. 4,9,26,27 Nonetheless, the supervision and involvement of the pharmacist are essential to giving support and legitimacy to the actions of pharmacy technicians. Even when performed by technicians, the technical and legal responsibility of the service and interventions conducted fall on the pharmacist.…”

A contribuição do farmacêutico para a promoção do acesso e uso racional de medicamentos essenciais no SUS

“…In fact, the training of technicians and the systematization of medicine dispensation, in order to contribute to the identification, and even to the resolution, of some problems related to the use of medicines or the quality of the prescription allowed to optimize the time of the pharmacist. Thus, he/she can be more involved in clinical activities, which has already been reported in international studies [33][34][35][36] .…”

Use of a pharmacy technician to facilitate postfracture care provided by clinical pharmacy specialists

“…23 Additional research should focus on the education and training of pharmacy technicians that would allow them to assist in this capacity and identify specific activities that result in pharmacist time saved.…”