Math calculations for pharmacy technicians a worktext /
| Main Author: | Beale, Elaine, 1959- |
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| Other Authors: | Fulcher, Robert M. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
St. Louis, Missouri :
Elsevier,
[2019]
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| Physical Description: |
xviii, 565 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. |
| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Assessment of mathematical calculation skills for pharmacy technicians
- Review of basic mathematical skills
- Conversion of clinical measurements of numbers, time and temperature
- Measurement systems, units, and equivalencies
- Conversions within measurement systems
- Conversions between measurement systems
- Interpretation of medication labels and orders
- Calculation of oral solid doses
- Calculation of oral liquid doses
- Calculation of parenteral doses
- Unit calculations with anticoagulants and insulin
- Calculation of medications by age, body weight, and body surface area
- Interpreting physician's orders for dosages and days' supply
- Calculations with ratio and percentage strengths
- Calculations for simple dilutions, mixtures, and compounding
- Calculation of medications used intravenously
- Business math for pharmacy technicians.