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9781582120980

Pharmacy Technician Certification Quick-Study Guide

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  • ISBN13:

    9781582120980

  • ISBN10:

    1582120986

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-10-01
  • Publisher: AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSN
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Summary

Since it was first published in 1995, APhA's Pharmacy Technician Certification Quick-Study Guide (the "Purple Book") has helped tens of thousands of candidates prepare for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination. It covers all that candidates need to know, but it presents the material concisely in outline format, providing both a thorough and a quick refresher. The 3rd edition has been updated to reflect the new content outline on which the examination is based.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Section I: Assisting the Pharmacist in Serving Patients

1. Receiving Prescriptions and Medication Orders

2. Patient Information/Profile Systems

3. Processing Prescriptions and Medication Orders

Section II: Maintaining Medication and Inventory Control Systems

4. Medication Distribution and Inventory Control Systems

Section III: Participating in the Administration and Management of Pharmacy Practice

5. Operations

Section IV: Pharmaceutical Calculations

6. Fractions, Decimals, and Roman Numerals

7. Calculating Percentage and Ratio Strength

8. Pharmaceutical Systems of Measurement

9. Dosage Calculations

10. Concentrations

11. Commercial Calculations

12. Practice Questions

Answer Key to Sample Questions

Appendix A:Common Dosage FormsDrug Administration Routes

Appendix B:Common Abbreviations Used in Prescriptions/Medication Orders

Appendix C:Suggested Reading

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