By Beth Richter, PharmD
In health-system pharmacies, carousels serve as the primary engine for medication distribution and workflow. In fact, pharmacy technicians often pick more than 85% of medication doses from carousels and will spend many hours each day working with the systems.
In most cases, technicians facilitate daily carousel-related tasks, which include receiving medication orders from wholesalers; processing cart-fills, cabinet-fills and returns from the floors; and fulfilling STAT and