As a rotating Pharmacy Technician in a busy pediatric hospital, Melanie Sebastianelli ensures that children get the right medicine, in the right dosage, when they need it. She checks the computer database to make sure prescriptions are entered properly. She compounds different drug formulations, measures appropriate quantities for each patient, and even distributes medicine to patients' rooms.		Melanie works in the inpatient pharmacy at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children. Her duties change depending on the area to which she is assigned - the central pharmacy, the parenteral area, or the manufacturing area. In the central and seventh floor pharmacies, technicians like Melanie work in teams of three to verify prescriptions, fill patient bins with 24-hour medical supplies, and distribute medicine to patients’ rooms. In the sterile parenteral pharmacy area, she fills intravenous bags and syringes with liquid drugs or nutrition supplements for patients throughout the hospital. The third manufacturing area is also a sterile environment. There, Melanie modifies adult-sized tablets or liquid drugs to make dosages appropriate for children. Recently, Melanie began a new research project. For two days a week, she and a pharmacist in the Drug Utilization Evaluation (DUE) unit audit prescription use throughout the hospital. They report trends to various hospital administrators and committees, as required. The project has enabled Melanie to improve her computer skills as she learns how to create the complicated graphs and charts that are used to present statistical information. Occasionally, Melanie also works in the hospital’s outpatient Shoppers Drug Mart, a commercial pharmaceutical outlet.