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Title:
Math calculations for pharmacy technicians : a worktext / Elaine Beale, RPh, Pharmacy Technician Program Director and Instructor, Paul D. Camp Community College, Franklin, Virginia.
Author:
Beale, Elaine, 1959- author.

Fulcher, Robert M. Math calculations for pharmacy technicians. Preceded by (work):
Publication Information:
St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2019]

©2019
Call Number:
RS57 .F85 2019
Edition:
Third edition.
ISBN:
9780323430883
Physical Description:
xviii, 565 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
General Note:
Preceded by Math calculations for pharmacy technicians / Robert M. Fulcher, Eugenia M. Fulcher. 2nd ed. c2013.
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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