A patient comes in to your pharmacy counter in a rush, asking to receive the whooping cough vaccine. The pharmacist is in a meeting, and won't be back for 30 minutes. What should you do?

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You should tell the patient to wait until the pharmacist returns. As a pharmacy technician, you do not have the authority to administer a vaccine. The pharmacist would have to administer the shot when he or she returns from their meeting.

A Patient Comes in to Your Pharmacy Counter in a Rush