Re: Techs And Making Chemo?

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Did anyone answer Tim's post about making Chemo drugs? If so I missed it.

I was really surprised to find a hospital in our area that has non-certified

techs making Chemo drugs.

Is this the normal practice?

They said that most of their tech were not certified. Only 2 of 9 total.

That all techs have to make Chemo drugs. Is this the norm around the country? I

thought for certain you would have to either be certified or a Tech 2 like

they had told us in the classroom.

Any thoughts on this subject?

Louise

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Dear Lousie and All,

I think Dora gave some great links to information regarding Chemo.

Please see her previous post on this.

PTCB Certification is not required by most states. Education is also not

required by most states.

However TRAINING in chemo and IV sterile prep IS usually done at the hospital

or pharmacy. And many 'in-house' certification programs exist.

What I teach in California is this: here are the basic concepts about

chemotherapy. Now you will probably NOT be required to make chemos until you can

prove that you can make great IV's with great aseptic technique. This may take 6

months to 2 yrs of continuous IV work. I addition they may pay a tech more or

NOT to do IV's or Chemos. In addition they MUST train you MORE than what I am

teaching you here. In addition, you may work somewhere in which EVERY tech does

EVERY Ting called 'cross training' or you may work some where in which specific

titles are bestowed upon the techs that differentiates their type of work or

specialty. So there may be 'chemo techs' or all techs may make chemos.

Tech I or Tech II or Tech III or Tech IV are not universal titles. they do not

mean the same in different institutions or states.

Hope this helps,

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS

Founder/Owner

Pharm Tech Educator

blossoms2u@... wrote: Did anyone answer Tim's

post about making Chemo drugs? If so I missed it.

I was really surprised to find a hospital in our area that has non-certified

techs making Chemo drugs.

Is this the normal practice?

They said that most of their tech were not certified. Only 2 of 9 total.

That all techs have to make Chemo drugs. Is this the norm around the country? I

thought for certain you would have to either be certified or a Tech 2 like

they had told us in the classroom.

Any thoughts on this subject?

Louise

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