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This PTCB-recognized program prepares pharmacy technicians to safely handle hazardous drugs across the medication-use process. Participants will gain foundational knowledge of hazardous drug identification, risk assessment, and best practices for minimizing exposure in healthcare environments. Key topics include personal protective equipment (PPE), engineering controls, and safe handling procedures aligned with current regulatory standards, including NIOSH and USP <800>.
Through focused, module-based instruction, this program equips technicians with the practical skills needed to support compliant workflows in receiving, storage, compounding, transport, and disposal of hazardous medications. By strengthening technician competency, the program promotes a culture of safety, reduces occupational risk, and supports high-quality patient care in both community and institutional pharmacy settings.
This PTCB-recognized Hazardous Drug Management program is designed to provide pharmacy technicians with comprehensive, practice-based training in the safe handling of hazardous medications. As the use of hazardous drugs continues to expand across healthcare settings, technicians play an increasingly important role in supporting safe, compliant workflows. This program delivers a structured learning experience focused on the identification of hazardous drugs, assessment of risk, and implementation of best practices to minimize exposure and contamination.
The curriculum is organized into targeted modules that address key components of hazardous drug management, including personal protective equipment (PPE), engineering controls, facility design, and safe handling techniques across the medication-use process. Participants will also learn essential procedures for receiving and transporting hazardous drugs, managing damaged containers, and maintaining competency through training and standard operating procedures.
Additional content focuses on cleaning, decontamination, and disposal practices, including spill management, surface wipe sampling, and medical surveillance programs. Federal, state, and local regulatory considerations are integrated throughout the program to ensure technicians understand their role in maintaining compliance with standards such as NIOSH and USP <800>.
Upon completion, pharmacy technicians will be equipped with the knowledge and practical skills needed to support safe hazardous drug handling in a variety of practice settings. This program enhances technician competency, promotes workplace safety, and prepares participants to take on expanded responsibilities in hazardous drug management while protecting themselves, their colleagues, and the patients they serve.
Enroll in the Hazardous Drug Management for Pharmacy Technicians course today to gain one year of unlimited access to the course and begin your journey to promoting medication safety.
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This module will identify the processes that support safe handling of hazardous drugs, including best practices to minimize contamination and risk to the technician.
This module describes the steps to take to promote safe practices when handling hazardous drugs, including use of personal protective equipment and competency requirements for personnel.
This module will describe the types of facility design that supports the equipment and workflow needed for compounding hazardous drugs.
This module will detail PPE and other protective devices and procedures that support safe handling of hazardous drugs.
This module will detail the processes needed for cleaning areas where hazardous drugs are stored, compounded, and administered. Procedures related to cleaning and disposal will be reviewed, including management of spills, proper disposal, and how hazardous drugs surfaces can be monitored using wipe sampling, and how personnel can be monitored using a medical surveillance program.
This written module will summarize the key practices of safe handling of hazardous drugs. The key elements include identification of hazardous drugs handled, design of the facility and equipment required, best practices for the life cycle of hazardous drugs used in an organization, and recommendations for cleaning and monitoring.
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