Lab Manual and Workbook for Pharmacy Technician, The: Foundations and Practices [Paperback]

Brief Contents

I. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHARMACY PRACTICE

1. History of Pharmacy Practice
2. The Professional Pharmacy Technician
3. Communication and Customer Care
4. Pharmacy Law and Ethics
5. Terminology and Abbreviations
6. Dosage Formulations and Routes of Administration
7. Referencing and Drug Information Resources

II. COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONAL PHARMACY

1. Retail Pharmacy
2. Health-System Pharmacy
3. Technology in the Pharmacy
4. Inventory Management
5. Insurance and Third-Party Billing
6. Over-the-Counter (OTC) Products
7. Introduction to Compounding
8. Introduction to Sterile Products

III. PHARMACY CALCULATIONS

1. Basic Math Skills
2. Measurement Systems
3. Dosage Calculations
4. Concentrations and Dilutions
5. Alligations
6. Parenteral Calculations
7. Business Math

IV. PHARMACOLOGY

1. The Body and Drugs
2. The Skin
3. The Eyes and Ears
4. The Gastrointestinal System
5. The Musculoskeletal System
6. The Respiratory System
7. The Cardiovascular, Circulatory, and Lymph Systems
8. The Immune System
9. The Renal System
10. The Endocrine System
11. The Reproductive System
12. The Nervous System

V. SPECIAL TOPICS&l³˜