Expanding Pharmacy Technician Practice 
            with Technician Product Verification
                           Alexis Page, PharmD
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           Alexis Page, PharmD
           Virginia Commonwealth University
           Community-based Pharmacy 
           Leadership and Management Fellow 
           with Kroger Pharmacy
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                            Disclosures 
                            ▪   Employed by The Kroger Co. 
                            ▪   Kroger pharmacies currently utilize Technician Product Verification in the Fry’s, 
                                Nashville, Delta and Mid-Atlantic Divisions
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                            Objectives 
                             ▪    To understand and explain the importance of expanding pharmacy technician 
                                  roles in pharmacy practice  
                             ▪    To describe the process of Technician Product Verification and its integration 
                                  into pharmacy workflow
                             ▪    To analyze the current literature supporting the safety of Technician Product 
                                  Verification
                             ▪    To summarize supportive and appositive arguments for Technician Product 
                                  Verification
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                        Self assessment questions 
                        1)   Which of the following is an example of an expanded pharmacy technician role 
                             or duty?
                                  a)   Administering immunizations
                                  b)    Administrative support for medication management services
                                  c)   Completing medication histories 
                                  d)   Transferring prescription information between pharmacies
                                  e)   All the above
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                        Self assessment questions 
                        2) True or False:
                        A pharmacy technician can pre-verify a prescription and/or verify the dispensed 
                        medication with technician product verification.
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                         Self assessment questions 
                         3) When was the first study conducted that evaluated accuracy of pharmacy 
                         technicians verifying medications?
                         a)   1978
                         b)   1992
                         c)   2001
                         d)   2005
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                         Self assessment questions 
                         4) Pharmacy technician scope of practice is regulated by which entity?
                         a)   Food and Drug Administration 
                         b)   State Board of Pharmacy 
                         c)   Drug Enforcement Administration 
                         d)   The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
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