About the Courseware
Copyright | 2026
Authors
- Jason Philip Sparks, MEd, CPhT, CPhT-Adv (NPTA), PhTR
- Lisa McCartney, MEd, CPhT, PhTR
- Nicole Murray, CPhT, BS, MSIDT
- Wendy Lubin, MS, CPhT
A comprehensive lab manual, Pharmacy Labs for Technicians, Fifth Edition, guides students to practice key skills related to using drug references, managing patient records and prescriptions, compounding medications, working with crash carts and cart fill requests, and preparing oral syringes and aseptic parenteral dosage forms. Students learn both administrative and clinical procedures through state-of-the-art pharmacy lab simulations powered by SimTutor and pharmacy Rx lab tutorials focused on essential data processing skills.
Ideal as a stand-alone pharmacy lab course, Pharmacy Labs for Technicians, Fifth Edition, also works in concert with Pharmacy Practice for Technicians.
SECTION 1: Foundational Pharmacy Skills
Unit 1: Essential Pharmacy Skills
Lab 1: Using Reference Materials in Pharmacy Practice
Lab 2: Practicing Professionalism in the Pharmacy
Lab 3: Customer Service and Point of Sale
Unit 2: Foundational Community Pharmacy Skills
Lab 4: Using a Pseudoephedrine Logbook
Lab 5: Validating DEA Numbers
Lab 6: Managing Pharmacy Inventory
Lab 7: Creating and Maintaining a New Patient Profile
Lab 8: Reviewing Signa Codes and Creating Patient Instructions
Lab 9: Reviewing a Prescription Form
Lab 10: Reviewing a Filled Prescription
Lab 11: Entering Patient Data
Lab 12: Processing a Prescription
Lab 13: Processing a Refill
Lab 14: Obtaining Refill Authorization
Lab 15: Processing Third-Party Claims
Lab 16: Verifying Cash Pricing
Lab 17: Workflow in the Pharmacy
Lab 18: Reconstituting Powdered Drugs
Lab 19: Documenting and Preparing Immunizations
Unit 3: Foundational Institutional Pharmacy Skills
Lab 20: ISMP Tall Man Lettering and Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drugs
Lab 21: Filling a 24-Hour Medication Cart
Lab 22: Filling and Checking Floor Stock
Lab 23: Filling and Recording Controlled Substance Floor Stock
Lab 24: Preparing Oral Syringes
Lab 25: Charging and Refilling a Crash Cart
Lab 26: Filling an Automated Drug Storage and Dispensing System
SECTION 2: Advanced Pharmacy Skills
Unit 4: Advanced Community Pharmacy Skills
Lab 27: Point-of-Care Testing
Lab 28: Generating Reports
Lab 29: Medication Therapy Management
Unit 5: Advanced Institutional Pharmacy Skills
Lab 30: Drug Recalls and Shortages
Lab 31: Medication Reconciliation
Lab 32: Reviewing Investigational Drug Documentation
Lab 33: Reviewing Medication Orders
Lab 34: Cleaning Up a Hazardous Drug Spill
Unit 6: Nonsterile Extemporaneous Compounding
Lab 35: Filling Capsules
Lab 36: Preparing Suspensions from Tablets
Lab 37: Preparing Suspensions from Capsules
Lab 38: Preparing Creams, Ointments, Gels, and Pastes
Unit 7: Aseptic Technique
Lab 39: Garbing According to USP Chapter <797> Standards
Lab 40: Hand Hygiene
Lab 41: Cleaning the Horizontal Laminar Airflow Workbench
Lab 42: Preparing Large-Volume Parenteral Preparations
Lab 43: Preparing Small-Volume Parenteral Preparations
Lab 44: Preparing CSPs Using Sterile Powdered Drug Vials
Lab 45: Preparing a CSP Using Ampules
Lab 46: Compounding Chemotherapy Drugs
Key Features
New and featured updates in the fifth edition:
- Content and labs align with the latest USP 797, USP 795, and USP 800 standards and ASHP/ACPE curriculum standards.
- Robust information on accreditation topics in a logical order with easy to understand language.
- State-of-the-art pharmacy lab simulations powered by SimTutor.
- Pharmacy Rx Lab Tutorials allow students to practice essential data processing skills.
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A Platform that Delivers
Powered by Cirrus 2.0, Pharmacy Labs for Technicians, Fifth Edition:
- Integrates seamlessly with your institution's learning management system.
- Works on PCs, Macs, and Chromebooks.
- Offers Instructor Resources and ongoing support.
- Provides students with immediate feedback.
- Includes streamlined activities and simulations.
- And more!
Competency Guide
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A Complete Solution
Our Pharmacy Technician series is a complete program solution that develops the skills and knowledge students need to become certified pharmacy technicians. Our full suite of products, competency mapping guides, and program support are designed for success and meet ASHP and ACPE standards.
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