Main description:

Intended for use in an introductory pharmacy technician calculations course, this unique book addresses not only calculations that technicians will encounter in retail, but also those necessary for compounding, IV, industry and areas where a pharmacy technician might be called upon more frequently because of the shortage of pharmacy professionals. This text utilizes a casual, reader-friendly writing style and an easy-to-understand ratio-proportion method of problem solving. The latest addition to the new LWW Pharmacy Technician Education Series, this comprehensive text allows student to quickly master calculations form the most basic to the most complex.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Calculations

Chapter 2: Systems of Measure

Chapter 3: Interpretation of the Prescription or Medication Order

Chapter 4: Equipment Used in Measurement

Chapter 5: Drug Labels

Chapter 6: Calculations of Oral Doses

Chapter 7: Calculations for Pediatric Doses

Chapter 8: Reducing and Enlarging Formulas

Chapter 9: Percentage, Ratio Strength, and Other Expressions of Concentration

Chapter 10: Dilution and Concentration

Chapter 11: Some Calculations Involving "Units," " g/mg," and Other Measures of Potency

Chapter 12: Reconstituted Solutions

Chapter 13: Intravenous Rate of Flow Calculations

Chapter 14: Contemporary Compounding

Appendix A: Review Set Solutions

Appendix B: Critical Thinking Solutions

Glossary