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Techs weigh in on OCP plan for medication safety
The Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) has asked pharmacy techs and other practitioners to provide feedback on a standardized continuous quality assurance (CQA) program for medication safety, including the mandatory reporting of anonymous medication incident data to a third party. -
Reducing risk to techs of handling hazardous drugs
According to Carex Canada, approximately 22,900 pharmacy technicians—the largest occupational group in Canada—are exposed to antineoplastic agents as traditional anti-cancer drugs such as methotrexate and tamoxifen are dispensed more frequently from community pharmacies.