Accuracy checking of dispensed medications by a pharmacy technician: a hospital case study.

Centaine L Snoswell, Melynda Flor, Cameron Tessier, Sunita Ratanjee, Andrew Hale, Andrew Matthews, Lisa Nissen, Ian Coombes

Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association 2020 Jun

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Medication order accuracy checking is an integral and time-consuming component of the current Australian pharmacist's role. However, the pharmacy profession internationally has moved towards separating the checking task into two parts: a clinical check performed by the registered pharmacist and a technical accuracy check delegated to an appropriately trained pharmacy technician. This case study demonstrates that in an Australian hospital pharmacy context, appropriately trained pharmacy technicians have the potential to be more proficient and time efficient than pharmacists when undertaking accuracy checking of dispensed medications.

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Centaine L Snoswell, Melynda Flor, Cameron Tessier, Sunita Ratanjee, Andrew Hale, Andrew Matthews, Lisa Nissen, Ian Coombes. Accuracy checking of dispensed medications by a pharmacy technician: a hospital case study. Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association. 2020 Jun;44(3):410-414