According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Receive written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate. | 97% |
| Enter prescription information into computer databases. | 95% |
| Compute charges for medication or equipment dispensed to hospital patients and enter data in computer. | 94% |
| Establish or maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients. | 94% |
| Prepare and process medical insurance claim forms and records. | 93% |
| Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs. | 93% |
| Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages. | 91% |
| Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests. | 91% |
| Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items, or referring them to the pharmacist for medication information. | 90% |
| Operate cash registers to accept payment from customers. | 90% |
| Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques. | 89% |
| Price and file prescriptions that have been filled. | 88% |
| Mix pharmaceutical preparations, according to written prescriptions. | 88% |
| Restock intravenous (IV) supplies and add measured drugs or nutrients to IV solutions under sterile conditions to prepare IV packs for various uses, such as chemotherapy medication. | 88% |
| Order, label, and count stock of medications, chemicals, or supplies and enter inventory data into computer. | 88% |
| Supply and monitor robotic machines that dispense medicine into containers and label the containers. | 87% |
| Clean and help maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware, according to prescribed methods. | 87% |
| Deliver medications or pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations, or surgery. | 87% |
| Prepack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications, and type and affix labels. | 86% |
| Maintain and merchandise home healthcare products or services. | 72% |
| Price stock and mark items for sale. | 71% |
