Changes to supervision in community pharmacy: pharmacist and pharmacy support staff views.

Fay Bradley; Ellen I Schafheutle; Sarah C Willis; Peter R Noyce

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Changes to supervision in community pharmacy: pharmacist and pharmacy support staff views.

June 26, 2013

Bradley F, Schafheutle EI, Willis SC, et al. Health Soc Care Community. 2013;21(6):644-54.

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This focus group study sought to establish which daily activities within a community pharmacy required direct supervision by a pharmacist and which could be safely carried out by a pharmacy technician without direct oversight.

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