APhA's Complete Math Review for the Pharmacy Technician

by Hopkins, William A., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781582120775
• ISBN10: 1582120773
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-20
• Publisher: APhA Publications

Summary

More than 200 pharmacy technician programs exist in the USA Also an outstanding desk reference for the 200,000+ pharmacy technicians in the USA Includes 650 practice problems -- an increase of 150 over the past edition New chapter on Medication Errors and Clinical Challenges tests the reader's ability to recognize medication calculation errors

Author Biography

William A. Hopkins, Jr., PharmD is Senior Medical Information Scientist AstraZeneca.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Back to Basics	1	(22)
Arabic and Roman Numerals
Roman Numeral Rules
Fractions
common fractions
types of common fractions
calculating with fractions
multiplying fractions
dividing fractions
adding and subtracting fractions
decimal fractions
Systems of Measurement	23	(14)
Metric System
Guidelines for Metric Notation
Apothecaries' System
Avoirdupois System
Common Conversion Factors
Household Equivalents
Ratio and Proportion	37	(12)
So What is a Ratio?
Proportion
Interpreting Drug Orders and Calculating Doses	49	(14)
Common Medical Abbreviations
Body Surface Area with Nomograms
Chemotherapy Dosing
Reducing and Enlarging Formulas and Compounding	63	(14)
Cooking and Compounding
Hyperalimentation
Reconstitution of Dry Powders	77	(8)
Reconstituting Drugs
Intravenous Flow Rates	85	(10)
Go with the Flow
Percentage Calculations	95	(22)
Percentage Preparations
percent weight-in-weight
percent volume-in-volume
percent weight-in-volume
milligram percents
parts per million
writing ratio strengths
Concentrations and Dilutions	117	(24)
Alligation Medial
Stock Solutions and Dilutions
Alligation Alternate
Specific Gravity
Electrolyte Solutions	141	(12)
Getting Molecular
Milliequivalents
Temperature Conversions	153	(4)
The How-to Stuff
Business Math	157	(10)
Common Business Terms
markup
percent markup
percent discounts
gross profit
net profit
inventory turnover rate
Medication Errors and Clinical Challenges	167	(8)
So What Is a ``Medication Error''?
examples of medication errors
why do medication errors occur? Problem Abbreviations
Appendix	175	(2)
ISMP List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations
Posttest: Mega Math Marathon	177	(18)
Answer Key	195	(14)
Index	209