The Pharmacy Technician Skills-Building Manual is a practical, hands-on workbook designed to help technicians understand the basics of pharmacy operations, equipment, and tasks. Features: workbook design for use in technician education programs; readable background information accompanied by lab exercises and activities and answer keys; 12 chapters with key information on duties, operations, computer skills, equipment, drugs, prescription preparation, storage, compounding, drug information, and professional issues such as certification, boards of pharmacy, and HIPAA regulations; more than 100 photos and illustrations showing equipment, techniques, and materials; examples of common compounding recipes; a list of abbreviations that technicians must know to work effectively in pharmacies, with follow-up exercises; and, exercises that test technicians' knowledge of trade and generic drug names.