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Math calculations for pharmacy technicians : a worktext / Elaine Beale, RPh, Pharmacy Technician Program Director and Instructor, Paul D. Camp Community College, Franklin, Virginia.

By: Beale, Elaine, 1959- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookCopyright date: ©2019Edition: Third edition.Description: xviii, 565 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780323430883 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0323430880 (pbk. : alk. paper).Related works: Fulcher, Robert M. Math calculations for pharmacy technicians. Preceded by (work).Subject(s): Pharmaceutical Preparations -- administration & dosage | Mathematics | Pharmacy TechniciansGenre/Form: Problems and ExercisesDDC classification: 615.1/401513
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 -- Interpreting physician's orders for dosages and days' supply -- Calculation of medications for special populations -- Calculations with ratio and percentage strengths -- Calculations for simple dilutions, mixtures, and compounding -- Calculation of medications used intravenously -- Business math for pharmacy technicians.
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Preceded by Math calculations for pharmacy technicians / Robert M. Fulcher, Eugenia M. Fulcher. 2nd ed. c2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Interpreting physician's orders for dosages and days' supply -- Calculation of medications for special populations -- Calculations with ratio and percentage strengths -- Calculations for simple dilutions, mixtures, and compounding -- Calculation of medications used intravenously -- Business math for pharmacy technicians.

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