Accredited checking technicians

RESPONSIBILITY Dispensing assistants, dispensing technicians, accredited checking technicians and pharmacists... 

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION Any errors noted at this stage should be recorded on a near miss table [see Figure 1.10] which enables any patterns of error to be observed. Audit performed by pharmacist or accredited checking technician... 

Alternatively, the ward pharmacist will perform the clinical check on the ward and sign off the TTO for dispensing before sending it down to the hospital pharmacy. In this case, it would be possible for the items on the TTO to be dispensed by a pharmacy technician and then the dispensing check could be performed by a (second) accredited checking technician (see Section 4.3.5). 

Because EPA is not requiring any additional education or work experience requirements, or a third-party examination similar to that taken by inspector, risk assessor, or supervisor candidates, EPA believes that there is little value in requiring candidates to apply to EPA to receive their renovator or dust sampling technician certification. Currently, the only certified discipline without prerequisites in education or experience, or a third-party examination, is the abatement worker. When candidates for worker certification apply to EPA, EPA verifies that the copy of the training course certificate submitted with the application is from an accredited training provider. Without requiring renovators or dust sampling technicians to apply to EPA for certification, EPA will still receive course completion information from course providers. With this information, EPA will have a complete list of certified renovators and will be able to check to see if a particular course completion certificate... 

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