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xviii, 565 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm 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. Elaine Beale, RPh, Pharmacy Technician Program Director and Instructor, Paul D. Camp Community College, Franklin, Virginia. Preceded by Math calculations for pharmacy technicians / Robert M. Fulcher, Eugenia M. Fulcher. 2nd ed. c2013. Includes bibliographical references and index. Pharmaceutical Preparations administration & dosage Mathematics Pharmacy Technicians RS57 .F85 2019 615.1401513 QV 18.2 Fulcher, Robert M. 9780323430883 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0323430880 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2017041735 DNLM/DLC 191127 20191127093005.0 19987594 eng