Pharmacy Technician History of Medicine and Pharmacy Lecture 1

Definitions and Term Apothecary: Latin term for pharmacist Apothecary: Latin term for pharmacist Clinical pharmacist: Pharmacist who monitors patient medications in mostly inpatient settings. Clinical pharmacist: Pharmacist who monitors patient medications in mostly inpatient settings. Drug education coordinator: Pharmacist who helps set protocol in a hospital setting. Drug education coordinator: Pharmacist who helps set protocol in a hospital setting. Inpatient pharmacy: Pharmacy in a hospital or institutional setting Inpatient pharmacy: Pharmacy in a hospital or institutional setting Outpatient pharmacy: Community pharmacies Outpatient pharmacy: Community pharmacies Pharmacist: Person who dispenses drugs and counsels patients Pharmacist: Person who dispenses drugs and counsels patients

More Definitions and Terms Pharmacy technician: Person who assists a pharmacist by filling prescriptions and performing other nondispensing tasks. Pharmacy technician: Person who assists a pharmacist by filling prescriptions and performing other nondispensing tasks. Pharmacy clerk: Person who assists the pharmacist at the front counter and accepts payment for medication Pharmacy clerk: Person who assists the pharmacist at the front counter and accepts payment for medication

Important People in History Hippocrates: Father of Medicine, Hippocratic oath Hippocrates: Father of Medicine, Hippocratic oath Aristotle: Classification of animals, anatomy based on dissection of animals Aristotle: Classification of animals, anatomy based on dissection of animals Galen: Proved blood flowed through the arteries not air Galen: Proved blood flowed through the arteries not air Paracelsus: Treat with one medication at a time, introduced laudanum Paracelsus: Treat with one medication at a time, introduced laudanum

Medicine in Early America Doctors diagnosed the conditions and prepared the remedies Doctors diagnosed the conditions and prepared the remedies Cinchona bark (quinine): treat malaria Cinchona bark (quinine): treat malaria Mercury: used to treat syphilis Mercury: used to treat syphilis Laudanum: combination of opium & alcohol. Addictive. Used as sedative, dull sensation of pain and treat depression Laudanum: combination of opium & alcohol. Addictive. Used as sedative, dull sensation of pain and treat depression

Early Pharmacists First pharmacy school: Philadelphia’s College of Pharmacy and Sciences, 1821 First pharmacy school: Philadelphia’s College of Pharmacy and Sciences, 1821 Compounded remedies ordered by physician. Remedies were in medical books and were much like recipes. Compounded remedies ordered by physician. Remedies were in medical books and were much like recipes.

Early Pharmacy Technicians Usually family members of the pharmacist Usually family members of the pharmacist Transition from clerk to technician is a recent happening Transition from clerk to technician is a recent happening

Pharmacy Technician Duties Initiate and refill authorization requests Initiate and refill authorization requests Enter prescription data into a data processing system Enter prescription data into a data processing system Take a stock bottle from the shelf for a prescription Take a stock bottle from the shelf for a prescription Prepare and package drug orders (count tablet, etc) Prepare and package drug orders (count tablet, etc) Affix label to the prescription container Affix label to the prescription container Reconstitute medications Reconstitute medications

Prepackage and label prepackaged medications Prepackage and label prepackaged medications Load bulk unlabeled drugs into an automated dispensing system Load bulk unlabeled drugs into an automated dispensing system Compound non-sterile prescriptions Compound non-sterile prescriptions Compound sterile pharmaceuticals (after completing required training) Compound sterile pharmaceuticals (after completing required training)

CE Requirements for CPhT 20 hours every 2 years 20 hours every 2 years 1 hour must be in pharmaceutical law 1 hour must be in pharmaceutical law Up to 10 hours maybe obtained at the pharmacy under the direction of the pharmacist Up to 10 hours maybe obtained at the pharmacy under the direction of the pharmacist Are online opportunities Are online opportunities