Math calculations for pharmacy technicians
Subtitle: a worktext
By: Robert M. Fulcher, Eugenia M. Fulcher
Contributors: Fulcher, Eugenia M.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2013
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781437723663
Subjects: Pharmaceutical Preparations; Administration & dosage; Problems and Exercises; Mathematics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Assessment of mathematical skills needed in health occupations; title: Review of basic mathematical skills; title: Conversion of clinical measurements of numbers, time and temperature; title: Comparisons of measurement systems; title: Conversions between measurement systems; title: Interpretation of medication labels and orders; title: Calculation of solid oral doses and dosages; title: Calculate doses of liquid oral and parenteral medications; title: Reconstitution of powders or crystals into liquid medications; title: Calculation of medications for special populations based on body weight and patient age; title: Calculation of medications measured in units, milliequivalents and percents of concentration; title: Calculation of medications for intravenous uses; title: Calculation of mixtures from stock medications; title: Interpreting physician's orders for dosages; title: Business math for pharmacy technicians.