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I am a newly hired tech in training Wed, 2 Mar 2016 14:44:28 -0500 https://www.pharmacy-tech-test.com/bad-ptcb-book.htmla853e9aa72130d2e0ab110d56afb2befSo I bought a pharmacy tech book online and it seems to be riddled with errors. Let's just say I'm not very happy about it. So during my learning, I'm Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:59:36 -0500