Pharmacy technicians sign up for PTCB testing

WASHINGTON Nearly 7,000 pharmacy technicians have applied to take a test offered by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board since the PTCB began offering year-round testing, the PTCB announced Monday.

The organization said that 6,800 pharmacy technicians had applied to take the new Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam, now offered in a testing format that the PTCB said was designed for greater flexibility and availability, with such features as immediate pass-fail results.

“PTCB certification provides the core skills and nationally recognized credentials necessary for pharmacy technicians to deliver optimal pharmacist support and patient care,” Walgreens SVP pharmacy Kermit Crawford said. “Walgreens was the first to get behind PTCB certification and strongly supports the new continuous testing format because it creates daily access to the highest quality exam offered.”

The PTCB tested more than 50,000 pharmacy technicians last year and has certified more than 339,000 since its inception in 1995.