pharmacy technicians assist approved Pharmacists offer medicine and further health care products to patients. Technicians regularly achieve schedule tasks to help get ready agreed medication, such as counting medicine and tagging bottles. They also make administrative duties, such as answering phones, stocking shelves, and operating cash registers.Technicians refer any questions regarding prescriptions, drug information, or health matters to a pharmacist.

Pharmacy technicians who work in retail or mail-order pharmacies have varying responsibilities, depending on State rules and regulations. Technicians get written prescriptions or requests for prescription refills from patients. They also may receive prescriptions sent electronically from the doctor's office. They should confirm that information on the prescription is complete and accurate. To prepare the prescription, technicians must retrieve, count, pour, weigh, measure, and sometimes mix the medication. Then, they prepare the prescription labels, select the type of prescription container, and affix the prescription and auxiliary labels to the container. Once the prescription is filled, technicians price and file the prescription, which must be checked by a pharmacist before it is given to the patient. Technicians may establish and keep up patient profiles, prepare insurance claim forms, and stock and get inventory of prescription and over-the-counter medications.