Pharmaceutical calculations for the pharmacy technician
By: Barbara E. Lacher.
Series: LWW pharmacy technician education series
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780781763103
Subjects: Pharmaceutical arithmetic.; Pharmacy -- methods -- Programmed Instruction.; Mathematics -- Programmed Instruction.; Pharmacists' Aides.
Genres: Programmed Instruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fundamentals of calculations; title: Systems of measure; title: Interpretation of the prescription or medication order; title: Equipment used in measuring; title: Understanding drug labels; title: Calculations of oral doses; title: Calculations for pediatric doses; title: Reducing and enlarging formulas; title: Percentage, ratio strength, and other expressions of concentration; title: Dilution and concentration; title: Some calculations involving units, micrograms per milliliter, and other measures of potency; title: Reconstituted solutions and intravenous admixtures; title: Intravenous rate of flow calculations; title: Contemporary compounding.