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2012-2013 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Pharmacy Technician Program


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This comprehensive 60 hour course will prepare students to enter the pharmacy field and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam. Technicians work in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies, community pharmacies and other health care settings - working under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Course content includes medical terminology specific to the pharmacy, reading and interpreting prescriptions and defining drugs by generic and brand names. Students will learn dosage calculations, I.V. flow rates, drug compounding, dose conversions, dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing and reimbursement.

This course is eligible for college credit after the successful completion of the program.

Fee: $999 (Textbooks included)

Course Contact Hours - 60 hrs.

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