A practical text to understanding the principles, career concepts, and pharmacy skills needed to be a successful pharmacy technician, The Pharmacy Technician, Fourth Edition has been specially designed to make learning easier for your students. It offers clear, concise information to help them learn the material and pass the national certification examinations. This best-selling text is officially endorsed by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).

New to this Edition:
1. Chapter-opening page for each chapter with learning objectives and chapter outline.
2. The Match-the-Terms exercise at the end of each chapter expanded to include all ABCD glossary terms for the chapter.
3. Approximately 25% new/revised multiple choice questions for each chapter.
4. Ch 4 (Terminology) now includes within each organ system discussion a table highlighting common conditions and corresponding brand and generic drug therapies.
5. New Chapter 18: Common Drugs and Their Uses. Revised Appendix on Drug Classifications including common drugs for each classification.
6. RxSafety "You Should Know" notes throughout.
7. New Illustrations where appropriate.

Instructor Ancillaries include: PowerPoint Presentation, Instructor Manual and Electronic Test Bank

The accompanying new Pharmacy Technician Workbook and Certification Review, Fourth Edition (ISBN 978-0-89582-829-3) provides students with additional resources for the course and practice for the PTCB Pharmacy Technician Certification and ExCPT examinations. Bundle together The Pharmacy Technician, Fourth Edition with The Pharmacy Technician Workbook & Certification Review, Fourth Edition for an exceptional price and learning tool for your students.

Contents:
1. Pharmacy Health Care
2. The Pharmacy Technician
3. Drug Regulation & Control
4. Terminology
5. Prescriptions
6. Calculations
7. Routes & Formulations
8. Parenterals: Sterile Formulations
9. Compounding
10. Basic Biopharmaceutics
11. Factors Affecting Drug Activity
12. Information
13. Inventory Management
14. Financial Issues
15. Community Pharmacy
16. Hospital Pharmacy
17. Other Environments
18. Common Drugs & Their Uses
Appendices
A. Look-Alike/Sound -Alike Drugs
B. Top 200 Brand Name Drugs
C. Top 200
D. Commonly Refrigerated Drugs
Glossary
Answer Key
Index