Pharmacy technicians help licensed pharmacists provide medication
and other healthcare products to patients. Technicians usually perform
routine tasks to help prepare prescribed medication for patients,
such as counting tablets and labeling bottles. Technicians refer
any questions regarding prescriptions, drug information, or health
matters to a pharmacist.
Pharmacy aides work closely with pharmacy technicians. They are
often clerks or cashiers who primarily answer telephones, handle
money, stock shelves, and perform other clerical duties. Pharmacy
technicians usually perform more complex tasks than do pharmacy
aides, although, in some States, their duties and job titles overlap.
Pharmacy technicians held about 211,000 jobs in 2002. Two-thirds
of all jobs were in retail pharmacies, either independently owned
or part of a drugstore chain, grocery store, department store, or
mass retailer. About 22 percent of jobs were in hospitals and a
small proportion was in mail-order and Internet pharmacies, clinics,
pharmaceutical wholesalers, and the Federal Government.
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