PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION BOARDPub 78
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Programs
Program 1 [2020]
THE PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION BOARD (PTCB) WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 1995 AND IS GOVERNED BY FIVE ORGANIZATIONS: THE AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION, THE ILLINOIS COUNCIL OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACISTS, THE MICHIGAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION, AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF PHARMACY. PTCB IS A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT ENABLES PHARMACY TECHNICIANS TO WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH PHARMACISTS TO OFFER SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PATIENT CARE AND SERVICE. PTCB DEVELOPS, MAINTAINS, PROMOTES AND ADMINISTERS A NATIONAL COMMISSION OF CERTIFYING AGENCIES (NCCA) ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR PHARMACY TECHNICIANS. THE PTCB EXAMINATION WAS DEVELOPED BY PTCB TO DETERMINE WHETHER INDIVIDUALS HAVE MASTERED THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO PRACTICE AS A PHARMACY TECHNICIAN. SINCE 1995, PTCB HAS CERTIFIED MORE THAN 730,000 PHARMACY TECHNICIANS THRU THE EXAM AND TRANSFER PROCESS. IN 2020, PTCB CERTIFIED 23,522 PHARMACY TECHNICIANS AND RE-CERTIFIED MORE THAN 100,000 PHARMACY TECHNICIANS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided––Program 2 [2020]
IN 2017 PTCB CREATED THE CERTIFIED COMPOUNDED STERILE PRODUCTS TECHNICIAN (CSPT). STERILE COMPOUNDING IS THE PREPARATION OF MEDICATIONS IN A STERILE ENVIRONMENT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. THROUGH THE CSPT PROGRAM, PTCB-CERTIFIED PHARMACY TECHNICIANS (CPHTS) HAVE THEOPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND COMMITMENT TO MEDICATION SAFETY BY MEETING THE HIGH STANDARDS OF PTCB'S CSPT PROGRAM.AT THE END OF 2020 PTCB HAD CERTIFIED 1,072 CSPTS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided––Program 3 [2020]
IN 2019 PTCB CREATED A PRODUCT LINE OF ASSESSMENT BASED CERTIFICATES FOR ADVANCED TECHNICIAN ROLES AND AN ADVANCED CERTIFIED PHARMACY TECHNICIAN (CPHT-ADV) DESIGNATION. THESE CERTIFICATES RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS PHARMACY TECHNICIANS MAKE TO ADVANCE MEDICATIONSAFETY.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020Source990No causes providedNo populations provided––
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