A Novel Alternative to High Cost Pharmacy Technician Schools -Rx Tech e Learning Certification Preparation Courses Offered by Turn-A-Tech.
The average Rx Tech makes less than $40 k, so why would you spend $15,000.00 and go to school for 12 months if you can complete the requirements in 12 weeks for a little $649?

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, November 07, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The most cost effective way to become an Rx Tech is to take an online certification preparation course. With the exception of only 3 states including Florida, most states have no specific academic requirements for pharmacy technicians.

An Alternative to High Cost Rx Tech Schools
Turn-A-Tech's Rx Tech Certification Online Course is a 12 week prepatory program with professional mentorship by a pharmacist. The course provides a comprehensive overview of topics relevant to passing the PTCB and the ExCPT. The course emphasizes the skills set needed to work as a pharmacy technicians in all areas of pharmacy. Emphasis is on service aspects, roles, prescription preparation, equipment use, inventory management and reimbursement. The course prepares candidates to perform duties of pharmacy technician on the national level while clearly defining the role as defines by each state.

About The Career
Pharmacy Technicians assist licensed pharmacists to prepare and to provide medications and other products and devices to patients. Technicians perform routine tasks that include the preparation of prescribed medication; such tasks include counting tablets and labeling bottles. Technicians refer questions regarding prescriptions, and drug information to the pharmacist.

CPhT Job Description
Pharmacy Technicians have varying responsibilities, depending on State rules and regulations. Technicians may receive prescription refills requests from patients and also those sent electronically from doctor's offices. They must verify that the information on the prescription is complete and accurate in order to prepare the prescription. Some functions of technicians include retrieving, counting, pouring, weighing, measuring, and sometimes mixing medications. In institutions such as hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted-living facilities, technicians have added responsibilities, including reading patients' charts and preparing and delivering medication to patients. Still, the pharmacist must check the order before it is delivered to the patient.

How Do You Become A Pharmacy Technician?
Although pharmacy technicians in some states receive informal on-the-job training, some states now requite training and certification. Some employers prefer to hire technicians that have received formal training and/or certification. Training programs and certification vary in length and tuition up to as much as $15,000.

Prerequisite for the Course
Students are advised to review basic math before enrolling in the program. Students must also have a High School Diploma or a GED to enroll for this program.

Course Topics
Course topics include pharmacy laws in reference to Federal and State drug regulations and controls, pharmacy and medical terminology, prescriptions, dose calculation, dosage formulations, routes of administration, medications, and compounding, intravenous and sterile products.

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Susan Chin
Turn-A-Tech Pharmacy Tech Online
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