How do they match: Pharmacy Technicians

  • Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. May measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders.

  • Prepack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels.
  • Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records.
  • Clean and help maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware, according to prescribed methods.
  • Enter prescription information into computer databases.
  • Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions.
  • Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
  • Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
  • Restock intravenous (IV) supplies and add measured drugs or nutrients to IV solutions under sterile conditions to prepare IV packs for various uses, such as chemotherapy medication.

  • Prepare medications or medical solutions.