Course Description

This noncredit course provides a comprehensive overview of safe medication handling, dispensing, and administration within the pharmacy setting. Students will learn key principles of medication safety, including error prevention strategies, high-alert medications, and quality assurance procedures. The course covers essential inventory management practices such as ordering, receiving, stocking, and controlling medications, with a focus on expiration dates, drug recalls, and accurate recordkeeping. Other topics include quality assurance standards, emphasizing medication labeling, packaging, dispensing accuracy checks, and patient safety through rigorous quality control procedures. This course is part of the Certificate of Completion – Pharmacy Technician.