PQS Quality Corner Show

The Pharmacy Technician’s Role in Immunizations Today

August 16, 2022 PQS Season 3 Episode 27
PQS Quality Corner Show
The Pharmacy Technician’s Role in Immunizations Today
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The PQS Quality Corner Show talks with Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) Vice President, Partnership Development Liza Chapman, PharmD, FAPhA, and Ryan Burke, PharmD, Director, Professional Affairs at PTCB about how the pharmacy technician's role with immunizations has evolved in the last three years. 

PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, Nick Dorich, PharmD, also asks Chapman and Burke their thoughts on whether pharmacy technician provided immunizations are here to stay and what additional efforts are needed on the state or federal level to harmonize the roles and responsibilities of the pharmacy technician for these services.

PTCB
Link to PTCB Advanced Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT-Adv)

Introduction
Pharmacy Technician Support in Immunizations
What Happened to Expand Pharmacy Technician's Role
Are Immunizations Provided by Pharmacy Technicians Here to Stay?
Closing