Standards of practice for the pharmacy technician / Mary E. Mohr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pharmacy history -- Pharmacy of today and tomorrow -- Professional roles in the pharmacy -- Pharmacy law -- Differentiating law and ethics -- Confidentiality and HIPAA -- The right medication to the right patient at the right time : communicating clearly -- The right dosage form and the right route of administration : working with accuracy -- At the right price : handling payment -- Medication error prevention -- Over-the-counter medications, herbal products, and diagnostic aids -- Outpatient prescriptions -- Inpatient hospital and homecare prescription processing -- Inventory control -- Compounding equipment and use -- Solutions, syrups, and suspensions -- Dry powders, capsules, and lozenges -- Ointments, creams, gels, pastes, and suppositories -- Introduction to microbiology and aseptic technique -- USP chapter 797 guidelines for compounded sterile products -- Large- and small-volume parenterals -- Total parenteral nutrition -- Compounding sterile chemotherapeutic products -- Professional organizations and education -- Expanding horizons for technicians.