Lake Land College to offer a Pharmacy Technician class

Lake Land College to offer a Pharmacy Technician class

Lake Land College is offering a 50-hour Pharmacy Technician course on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Oct. 8 from 6 – 9:30 p.m. The course will prepare students to work as a pharmacy technician in a retail or other pharmacy setting and to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board’s PTCB exam.

Through classroom lecture and hands-on labs, students will review dosage calculations, drug classifications, the “top 200 drugs,” I.V. flow rates, sterile compounding, dose conversions, aseptic technique, the handling of sterile products, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control and billing and reimbursement.

Class will be held at Lake Land College, 5001 Lake Land Blvd., in Mattoon in the Northeast Building, room 113. The cost is $1,399. Textbooks are included.

To register go to lakelandcollege.edu/learn.

For more information, contact Jackie Wake, professional development support, at 217-234-5087 or jwake@lakelandcollege.edu.