Pharmacist Technician

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The pharmacy currently receives all orders via Meditech system from nurses, physicians and all clinical staff. Meditech is the basis where all orders are stored, received, and initiated. This system allows the pharmacist to verify and process orders in a timely manner for nurse’s sake. Once verified the Pyxis machine is then updated for the patients profile and the nurse is able to pull the new ordered medication that is stocked into the Pyxis. If the medication is not common or needs to be made by the pharmacists themselves, the pharmacist technician will bring the medication and stock it into the Pyxis. The Pyxis machine is in charge of keeping count of any and all medication that is filled, returned, wasted or pulled. …show more content…

The technology that is used currently allows physicians to enter orders from numerous locations besides in the hospital and by doing so, this bypasses potential errors when having to input orders from other sources. This system also allows orders to be processed much quicker. Once the order is in the system the computer screen allows the nurses to acknowledge any new order by one click of a button, again time consuming. This process then allows the pharmacist to verify the new order and once verified, most medications are already in the dispensing machine (PYXIS) so this again allows for quick timing of administering the medication to the patient. If any questions arise by the nurse about the medication the COW has online databases for nurses to quickly search new medications in a timely …show more content…

Two pharmacists have to verify orders on any pediatric medication, chemotherapy medication, and heparin drip orders. Intravenous medications are checked with order verifications, during processing, after processing, and as the ingredients are logged. Medications are then placed into the PYXIS dispensing machine and always counted twice and then documented on an electric log. All medications have expiration dates and are stocked until expired, once expired they are pulled from the dispensing machine and discarded. At bedside, nurses scan medications to confirm that it is the correct medication that was

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