Should Pharmacy Technicians Administer Immunizations?

Should Pharmacy Technicians Provide Clinical Services or Perform Patient Care Activities in Areas without a Pharmacist?

One priority in achieving “the vision for pharmacy” is to have both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in all settings contributing to optimal drug therapy outcomes. The context for our argument that pharmacy technicians should provide clinical services and perform patient care activities in areas without a pharmacist can be derived by considering a secondary question: Would patient care be o...

Who Should Administer Energy-Efficiency Programs?

The restructuring of the U.S. electricity industry created a crisis for ratepayer-funded energy-efficiency programs. This paper briefly describes the reasons for the crisis and some of its consequences. Then the paper focuses on issues related to program administration and discusses the relative merits of entities— utilities, state agencies, and non-profit corporations—that might be administrat...

Toward uniform standards for pharmacy technicians: Summary of the 2017 Pharmacy Technician Stakeholder Consensus Conference.

William A. Zellmer, B.S.Pharm., M.P.H., Pharmacy Foresight Consulting, Bethesda, MD. Everett B. McAllister, B.S.Pharm., M.P.A., Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, Washington, DC. Janet A. Silvester, Pharm.D., M.B.A., FASHP, American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD. Peter H. Vlasses, Pharm.D., D.Sc. (Hon), FCCP, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, Chicago, IL. A...

Opportunities and challenges related to pharmacy technicians in supporting optimal pharmacy practice models in health systems.

ASHP Statement on the Roles of Pharmacy Technicians.

ASHP gratefully acknowledges the following organizations and individuals for reviewing these guidelines (review does not imply endorsement): American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; American Pharmacists Association; Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists; Idaho Society of Health-System Pharmacists; New Hampshire Society of Health-System Pharmacists; Pharmacy Technician Certification Boar...