Pharmacy Calculations, 2nd Edition: An Introduction for Pharmacy Technicians

Comprehensive Resource for Pharmacy Technician Learners of All Types

The second edition provides students with the pharmacy basics necessary for correctly interpreting prescriptions and drug orders, and for performing dosing calculations that technicians face every day.

Who Should Read This?
Pharmacy technician students enrolled in a training program, technicians preparing for the certification exam, and for those participating in on-site training.

Inside the New Edition
The chapters are broken down into four units and organized to complement most pharmacy technician training curricula and to support the ASHP—ACPE model curriculum

Review of Mathematics

Systems of Measurement

Preparing for Problem Solving in Pharmacy

Dosing Calculations and other Pharmacy Problems

Key features throughout the book include

Chapter objectives

Key terms and definitions

Examples of problem scenarios or calculations questions and solutions

"Tech Note!" – provides a highlight of key points within the chapters

"Numbers at Work" – illustrates why key concepts are important to know and skills are critical to master

Practice problems

Appendices that include the parts of a prescription, a glossary of terms, conversions, and abbreviations tables