All about the profession of pharmacist

Who is a technologist and who is a pharmacist - more or less all people know. But any specialization has many secrets that must be taken into account. It's time to find out all about the profession of pharmacist technologist, to understand what he is doing, what skills he should have, and how the workplace of this specialist is arranged.

It is easy to understand that Work as a pharmacist belongs to the pharmaceutical and medical industries. The requirements for such specialists are approved by order of the Ministry of Health. They can work both in pharmaceutical enterprises and in pharmacies that are licensed for the independent manufacture of medicines. The right to occupy a position is confirmed by a certificate of a certain pattern. Pharmacist-technologist - This is a real wagon, which has a much wider range of knowledge and skills than a regular pharmacist.

Since pharmaceutical production makes inevitable contact with various substances (among which there are toxic, foul-smelling, staining, evaporating), very An important requirement is the absence of allergic reactions. Several industrial pharmacists can work at once in production pharmacies. Usually in this case they have a narrower specialization. Sometimes one specialist is assigned control over the work of other employees.

The pharmacist reflects the working manipulations in special magazines. They must comply with the standard operating procedures established for each pharmacy. Such specialists regularly attend medical examinations. Every year they need to receive certificates of psychiatric and narcological examination.

The federal professional standard of the pharmacist-technologist requires these specialists to deal with:

• organization of drug circulation;
• providing ordinary citizens and various organizations with safe, fully functioning medicines, other goods;
• reception control of medicines and other goods of the pharmacy standard assortment;
• proper storage of entrusted property;
• informing ordinary citizens, staff of medical institutions about the properties of the goods sold;
• the manufacture of medicines;
• pharmaceutical examination of prescriptions and other pharmacy documents;
• evaluation of drug characteristics;
• verification of the correct appointment and safety of the use of medicines;
• registration of prescriptions and dispensing of drugs in the prescribed manner.

The job description of the pharmacist-technologist also prescribes a number of other duties. So, he must control the compliance of the name of the medicine with prescriptions or requirements. Taking into account the compliance of the drugs with the age and sex characteristics of the patients depends on them. The pharmacist-technologist is responsible for the safety of packaging, compliance with expiration dates, and for the accuracy of labeling. He is engaged in pre-sale preparation and calculation of the entire assortment.

Also worth mentioning:

• research of demand and actual demand;
• processing applications from organizations;
• ordered distribution of goods at the pharmacy to medical organizations.

Pharmacist-technologist:

• knows regulatory acts and applies them;
• knows how to tax recipes and requirements;
• ready to keep a proper record of all property;
• owns the rules for compiling pharmacy documents;
• able to analyze the results achieved;
• able to identify errors that appear, eliminate them and deal with the causes;
• able to draw up clear work plans;
• effectively distributes own time;
• owns computer systems used in pharmacies, other information technologies;
• owns an up-to-date assortment of drugs, their pharmacological classification;
• knows the features of the use of various groups of medicines and the most common drugs, contraindications, side effects, active substances, analogues and antagonists;
• applies labor protection standards in its work;
• owns fire safety skills, rules of action in emergency situations;
• knows the basic requirements of pharmacological marketing.

Pharmacists-technologists are trained not only by state, but also non-state educational institutions. An example is Reaviz Medical University (Samara). Of course, there is a corresponding specialization in Moscow State University, and at the first medical university named after Sechenov. A good option is also - admission to RNIMU named after Pirogov.

Outside the capital deserve attention:

• DvFU;
• USMU;
• Volga Federal University;
• Samara Medical University;
• Tyumen and Novosibirsk medical universities;
• University of Chemistry and Pharmacy of St. Petersburg;
• OMGMA.

The pharmacist usually works or in the defect room (in a large enterprise), or in the material room (if he is a pharmacy employee). In the rooms, sectors are allocated according to their purpose. In one sector, the main components are stored, in the other they are mixed, in the third they wash and clean the dishes. A separate area is allotted to accommodate the required equipment.

Must be in the room:

• tables with drawers;
• cabinets with swivel sections;
• swivel-type chairs with variable backrest height;
• fireproof safe;
• pharmacological refrigerator for unstable medicines;
• office equipment;
• means of pharmacological mechanization;
• price lists;
• reference books on medicines (their solubility, maximum doses, compatibility);
• other publications and information materials necessary for work;
• communication systems with other employees.