The Pharmacy Technician program is a great choice if you want a prestigious, well-paying career. Medical advances, combined with our aging population, have created tremendous growth in this field. Being a Pharmacy Technician is a huge responsibility, but it can be very rewarding as well.
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Our program is designed to provide students with the technical knowledge and practical skills necessary for an entry-level technician position in a retail, hospital or home health pharmacy.
You'll learn dosage calculations, product recognition, and drug distribution systems. Major emphasis is placed on learning the trade and generic names of selected drugs and their classification. You'll also learn pharmaceutical and medical terminology including abbreviations and symbols used in prescribing, dispensing and charting. Basic anatomy and related pathological conditions are introduced.
| What do Pharmacy Technicians do? |
- IV preparation
- Drug distribution
- Prescription labeling
- Pharmacology
- Fill prescriptions
- Inventory control
- Outpatient care
- Fill cassettes
- Reimbursement resolution
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| Where do Pharmacy Technicians work? |
| Listed below are just a few of the companies that consistently hire ACC graduates. |
- Childrens Hospital
- Kaiser Permanente
- LAC/USC Medical Center
- Memorial Medical Center
- Rite Aid
- Target Pharmacy
- Shriners Hospital
- Savon Drugs
- Valley Presbyterian
- Lincoln Hospital
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| As a Pharmacy Technician you can work in: |
- Hospitals (inpatient and outpatient pharmacy)
- Retail pharmacies
- Mail order pharmacies
- Closed door pharmacies
- Satellite pharmacies
- Pharmaceutical companies
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