Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 535 - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy › Chapter 15 - Pharmacies › Subchapter 5 - Hospital Pharmacies › Section 535:15-5-7.4 - Pharmacy technician tasks

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Pharmacy technicians may perform the following tasks in a
				  licensed hospital pharmacy facility in accordance with
				  535:15-5-7.2:
(1) Any tasks auxiliary supportive
				personnel are allowed to perform;
(2) Count and/or pour medications;
(3) Affix prescription label to the final
				container;
(4) Affix auxiliary
				labels to the container as directed by the pharmacist;
(5) Assist the pharmacist in the management
				of the controlled dangerous substance (CDS) inventory. The pharmacist remains
				responsible for completeness and accuracy;
(6) Fill "Modified unit dose distribution
				systems", "Automated dispensing systems" and/or "Unit dose distributions
				systems";
(7) Prepackage and label
				multi-dose and unit-dose packages of medication as directed by
				pharmacist-established procedures for such, including selection of containers,
				labels and lot numbers, with provisions for the pharmacist to check the
				finished task prior to dispensing to the patient. (While a pharmacy technician
				may package and label the drug, the certification is the responsibility of the
				pharmacist.)
(8) Perform bulk
				reconstitution of prefabricated non-injectable medication utilizing a
				pharmacist established procedure for the bulk reconstitution of prefabricated
				noninjectable medications.
(9)
				Perform bulk compounding, including such items as sterile bulk solutions for
				small-volume injectables, sterile irrigation solutions, products prepared in
				relatively large volume for internal or external use by patients, and reagents
				or other products for other departments of the hospital facility. Such
				intermediate and large scale compounding may be done by a pharmacy technician
				through the use of a procedural manual and a system of in-process and final
				checks and controls developed or approved by the pharmacist and which are
				carefully and systematically enforced.
(10) Technician training and requirements for
				technician participation in non-sterile compounding is described in
				535:15-10-3(a)
				- (h).
(11) Technician training
				and requirements for technician participation in sterile compounding is
				described in
				535:15-10-52(a)
				- (h).
(12) Prepare sterile
				compounded preparations utilizing a policy and procedure that addresses the
				verification of the pharmaceutical constituents, the prepared label and the
				final product by the pharmacist following documented training and demonstrated
				competency as required in OAC
				535:15-10-52(d).
(13) Record patient or medication
				information for later validation by the pharmacist pursuant to procedures which
				prevent the information from being utilized in any way until it is validated by
				the pharmacist. Exempt from the necessity of pharmacist validation shall be
				records, such as financial, inventory control, etc., which can in no way affect
				the safety and accuracy of medication administration to patients.
(14) Select prepackaged and pre-labeled doses
				of medication from storage areas and place and transport to the patient area
				such doses in containers bearing a patient's name in a unit dose distribution
				system or a modified unit dose distribution system if the pharmacist personally
				checks and verifies by signature or initial all patient medication before it is
				administered to the patient.
Added at 18 Ok Reg 2738,
				  eff 7-1-01; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2982, eff 9-2-03 (emergency); Amended at 21 Ok
				  Reg 2452, eff 7-1-04