Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants
South Africa Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants perform a variety of tasks associated with dispensing medicinal products under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional.
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Tasks
- (a) preparing medications and other pharmaceutical compounds under the guidance of a pharmacist or other health professional
- (b) dispensing medicines and drugs to clients and giving written and oral instructions on their use, as prescribed by medical doctors, veterinarians or other health porfessionals
- (c) maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs
- (c) maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs
- (e) filling and labelling containers with prescribed medications
- (f) assisting clients by answering questions, locating items or referring them to a pharmacist
- (g) pricing and filing prescriptions that have been filled, establish and maintain patient records, including lists of medications taken by individual patients
- (h) ordering, labelling, and counting stock of medications, chemicals, and supplies, and entering inventory data into records-keeping systems
- (i) cleaning and preparing equipment and containers used to prepare and dispense medicines and pharmaceutical compounds
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