Welcome to the SPA Technician’s Corner
This is a special place for Pharmacy Technicians. Did you know that the Board of Pharmacy now licenses more Pharmacy Technicians than Pharmacists? It’s true! You are an important part of Pharmacy and of the Spokane Pharmacy Association. Let us know what kinds of features you’d like in this space.
Pharmacy Technician Day, 2009
by Lori Ruff, SPA Tecnician Representative
I would like to thank all the Techs that went to Technician Day. It was great to have a big response from all of you.
I would like to thank all of our speakers: Greg Synder for the great talk on keeping us safe during a robbery, Chris Duvall on the refresher of Math, Brandy Singer on the Depression talk, Colleen Terriff on the FLU update, and Bill Fassett on the LAW.
A big thank you to Sandy and Spokane Community College for the room and Rick at Bucks Pizza for stepping in at short notice and providing the PIZZA.
And finally, a huge thank you to Char and Erick for putting this together. Great Job!! Thank you to WSPA and SPA for this day also.
Spokane Pharmacy Association (SPA) is Looking For Topics For Pharmacy Technician Continuing Education (CE)
PHARMACY TECHNICIANS: SPA would like to host a CE for technicians. What topics are you interested in? Also, is anyone interested in presenting at the CE?
Contact Lori Ruff at:
E-Mail: MUSHUKITTY@CENTURYTEL.NET
Home Phone: 509-299-6035
Work phone: 509-235-8441
Work Fax: 509-235-8446
Work E-Mail: LORI@OWLPHARMACY.COMThank you,
Lori Ruff
Tech REP for SPA Board of Directors
A Community Pharmacy Technician’s Role in Reducing Medication Errors
Pharmacy technicians play a major role in community pharmacy practice. The pharmacist relies on the technician to provide an extra layer of safety. It is important for technicians to follow system-based processes and inform the pharmacist when these processes do not work or are unmanageable. See full article...
NOW AVAILABLE – “TECHNICIAN’S GUIDE TO WASHINGTON PHARMACY LAW”
This 13-page pamphlet is a quick review of Washington laws and regulations affecting Pharmacy Technician practice, written by Dr. Bill Fassett at the WSU College of Pharmacy. This is a .pdf file (169 KB) that you can download and print. Click HERE to open in Acrobat Reader.