Chapter 2 - The Pharmacy Technician

Specific technician responsibilities differ by setting and job description

• true
• false

Technicians may sometimes provide counseling services to patients.

• true
• false

Most pharmacy technicians are employed in hospitals

• true
• false

PHI is considered public health information.

• True
• False

As a technician, your employer is legally responsible for your performance. 

• True
• False

When technicians perform appropriate tasks, this allows the pharmacist time for tasks requiring more advanced expertise such as

• telephoning insurance companies
• consulting with patients
• counting tablets
• ringing the cash register

Taking routine patient information is the duty of the 

• cashier
• pharmacist
• pharmacy technician

Pharmacy technicians must be detail oriented. This means

• technicians' work can always be done by pharmacists
• technicians are not as important as pharmacists
• patients must receive medications exactly as they are prescribed
• tardiness is unacceptable 

CPhT stands for...

• Certified Pharmacy Trainer
• Complete Pharmacy Technician
• Certified Pharmacy Technician 
• Certified Pharmacist Technician

_______ refers to being qualified for or capable of performing a task or job.

• scope of practice
• compounding
• dependability
• competent