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Royal Pharmacutical Society
Online search tool for pharmecuitical citation / references
Patents
List of American patents 1971 onward
List of U.K. patents 1971 onward
Associated and Historical products
British Medical Journal Page ii - Portable Electrocardiograph 4th February 1978
British Medical Journal Page iv - Portable Electrocardiograph 24th June 1978
Product design Oldham U.K. ECG 30 in 1980
Historical information
U.K. facility connection to American facility
A Victorian Pharmacy - Series BBC Television 2010
Technical studies
An integrated data system for the retail pharmaceutical service 28th September 1974
Retail pharmacy activities and their automation by bar code recorder, tablet counter and remote computer. A feasibility trial 12 April 1976
Computerized dispensing system Reducing the time of dispensing medicines 7 July 1990; revised 20 March 1991
Development and evaluation of a new automated dispensing system 5 July 1994, accepted 9 September 1994
National Observational Study of Prescription Dispensing Accuracy and Safety in 50 Pharmacies Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association March / April 2003
TheThomsenGroup 2004 Study
The ThomsenGroup 2005 Study
Statistical Research Data about Pharmacies
Videos of robots in action
"Fourth Prize Exhibition Robot" "FANUC robot 'fist'"
"RIVA by Intelligent Hospitals Systems"
"RIVA helps to address drug shortages in the US"
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Pharmacy technician
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pharmacy technician, also sometimes known as a pharmaceutical technician, is a health care worker who performs pharmacy related functions, generally working under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist or other health professional. Pharmacy technicians work in a variety of locations, usually in community/retail and hospital pharmacies but also sometimes in long-term care facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturers, third-party insurance companies, computer software companies, or in government or teaching. Job duties include dispensing prescription drugs and other medical devices to patients and instructing on their use. They may also perform administrative duties in pharmaceutical practice, such as reviewing prescription requests with doctor's offices and insurance companies to ensure correct medications are provided and payment is received. In recent times, they also speak directly with the patients on the phone to aid in the awareness of taking medications on time.[1][2][3][4]
In many countries, both developed and developing, the relative importance of pharmacy technicians within the pharmacy workforce has been amplified in recent years, largely as a reaction to pharmacist shortages, resulting in an increase in their numbers and responsibilities.[5]
Alternative medicine, pharmacotherapeutics, customer care, retail and hospital software systems, inventory management, and infection control.[4][6]
Practical training, such as completing an internship in a pharmacy, is also often required as part of training for employment as a pharmacy technician.[4][7]
Many employers favor pharmacy technicians to be certified with a national/local pharmacy board, such as by passing a standard exam and/or paying a fee. In the United States, voluntary certification is available through many private organizations.[2] Elsewhere, such as in Tanzania and the United Kingdom, pharmacy technicians are required to be registered with the national regulatory council.