TY - JOUR T1 - Introduction of pharmacy technicians onto a busy oncology ward as part of the nursing team JF - European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy JO - Eur J Hosp Pharm SP - 92 LP - 95 DO - 10.1136/ejhpharm-2016-000951 VL - 25 IS - 2 AU - A Sinclair AU - C Eyre AU - H Petts AU - R Shuard AU - J Correa AU - A Guerin Y1 - 2018/03/01 UR - http://ejhp.bmj.com/content/25/2/92.abstract N2 - A project was planned to explore the practicality of using pharmacy technicians to support the workload of nursing teams on a busy haematology oncology ward of 28 beds in a university acute care children's hospital of 300 beds. The question asked was, could pharmacy technicians be part of the nursing team to undertake what has traditionally been considered a nursing role? Three pharmacy technicians were trained and participated in the study. Assisting in the preparation and administration of 509 intravenous injections out of a possible 1123 (45%) of all intravenous injections prepared on the ward during the study period. The results indicated a reduction in adverse events of 1–2 a day during the study period, a reduction in work-related stress by nursing staff associated with preparing complex medication and releasing a nurse, 4 hours a day to enable them additional time to care for patients. ER -