Download or read book Pharmaceutical Calculations written by Sean Parsons and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook has been developed specifically for pharmacy technicians, but it also provides a good overview of health care mathematics for any health professional. This book teaches the following concepts: basic math review, 24-hour time, exponents, temperature conversion, units of measurement, understanding prescriptions, day's supply, extemporaneous compounding, billing compounds, pharmacy business math, parenteral dosage calculations, insulin, milliMoles, milliEquivalents, millicuries, and international units, powder volume calculations, percentage strength, ratio strength, parts, reducing & enlarging formulas, parts per million, calculations based on body weight, calculations based on body surface area, infusion rates & drip rates, dilutions & alligations, parenteral nutrition, and aliquots. This book also includes an answer key to check your work against. Learn more about this book at http: //pharmaceuticalcalculations.org where you may even download a copy of this textbook for free