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|Podcasts|November 16, 2021
Pharmacy Focus Podcast: Pharmacy Tech Talk - Episode 2
Melissa Pein, a pharmacy technician supervisor at Children’s Mercy Kansas City Hospital, discusses the role pharmacy technicians play in vaccinations.
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In this month's episode, Melissa Pein, a pharmacy technician supervisor at Children’s Mercy Kansas City Hospital, discusses her CPhT 2021 conference presentation regarding pharmacy technicians and the role they play in vaccinations.
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