Question

which of the following is a pharmacy technician’s role in using
the automated dispensing system in a hospital setting?
○ to deliver medication to patients
○ to prescribe a new medication to a patient
○ to restock medication in the system
○ to verify processed prescriptions

question 8
1 point
when a patient comes to pick up their prescription, they
provide the pharmacy technician with a third - party insurance
card which of the following actions should the technician
take?

Explanation:

Question (first one about pharmacy technician's role in automated dispensing system):

• Delivering medication to patients is usually done by nurses or other healthcare staff, not pharmacy technicians in this context.
• Prescribing medication is the role of licensed prescribers (like doctors), not technicians.
• Restocking medication in the automated dispensing system is a typical task for pharmacy technicians, as they manage the inventory and supply of the system.
• Verifying processed prescriptions is more of a pharmacist's role, as it involves clinical judgment.

• Option A: Entering insurance info into the system is necessary to process the prescription claim, check coverage, and determine patient cost.
• Option B: The card is needed for insurance processing, so returning it is wrong.
• Option C: There's no need for the patient to come back later for this; the tech can process the card info.
• Option D: The tech should process the card, not just tell the patient to contact insurance.

Answer:

To restock medication in the system

Question (second one about insurance card, though text is cut off, but assuming common pharmacy tech task with insurance):

(Note: Since the full question is not visible, but based on typical scenarios: When a patient provides a third - party insurance card, the pharmacy technician usually enters the insurance information into the system to process the claim, verify coverage, etc. But as the question is incomplete, if we assume a common multiple - choice setup with options like "Enter insurance info into the pharmacy system", "Refuse to accept the card", "Tell patient to contact insurance", "Ignore the card", the correct action is to enter the insurance information. However, without full options, we can only note the general process. If we had to answer based on partial info, but since the question is incomplete, we can state that the technician should typically process the insurance card information, like entering it into the pharmacy's system to check coverage and process the prescription claim.)

(If we assume a common question like "When a patient comes to pick up their prescription, they provide the pharmacy technician with a third - party insurance card. Which of the following actions should the technician take? A. Enter the insurance information into the pharmacy system B. Return the card as it's not needed C. Ask the patient to come back later D. Tell the patient to contact their insurance company", then the answer would be: