Title: Manage purchased inventory.
Course: Pharmacy Technician II (14152-II) > Section: Maintaining Medication and Inventory Control Systems

Management should involve arranging the following under proper storage conditions

- medication
- DME
- devices
- supplies (including hazardous materials and investigational products).

See ASHP 3.19.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the critical points of state regulations that pertain to the handling of hazardous waste and infection control?
- What typical procedures are used for the inventory and storage of atypical products (e.g., biologics, interferons, human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] medication, investigational medications, non-formulary products)?
- What storage conditions are needed for various drugs?
- What are the appropriate temperature ranges for pharmacy medication refrigerators and freezers?
- What actions should be taken if a refrigerator and/or freezer is out of the correct temperature range?
- Why are storage conditions for medications important?
- What are periodic automatic replacement (PAR) participating provider levels and their role in inventory management?