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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: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Eng Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Third editionDescription: xviii, 565 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780323430883
  • 9780323430883
Related works:
  • Fulcher, Robert M. Math calculations for pharmacy technicians. Preceded by (work)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RS57BEA .F85 2019
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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Books Books Harare Institute of Technology Main Library Harare Institute of Technology Main Library General Collection R557 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available bk0013593

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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