This full-color comprehensive workbook teaches and reinforces the calculation skills necessary for the pharmacy technician student to successfully pass the PTCB national examination by providing the student with the educational tools needed to learn the types of calculations commonly encountered in community and institutional pharmacy. It is presented in a straight-forward manner to minimize confusion for your students. A sample 40 question exam similar to the national exam enables the student to test their knowledge.

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Contents:
Section 1: Basic Arithmetic
1. Numeral Systems Used in Pharmacy
2. Numerators, Denominators, and Reciprocals of Fractions
3. Reducing Fractions to Lowest Terms
4. Adding and Subtracting Fractions
5. Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
6. Writing Fractions in Decimal Form
7. Rounding Decimals and Significant Figures
8. Adding and Subtracting Decimal Numbers
9. Multiplying and Dividing Decimal Numbers
10. Using Ratios and Proportions or Dimensional Analysis to Solve Pharmacy Calculations
11. Percents
12. Exponents and Scientific Notation
13. Interpreting Prescriptions and Converting Household and Metric Measurements
14. Converting Apothecary and Metric Measurements
15. Converting Between the Different Temperature Scales
Section 2: Calculations for Community Pharmacy
16. Calculations for Compounding
17. Calculations for Days Supply
18. Adjusting Refills for Short-filled Prescriptions
19. Calculations for Dispensing Fees, Co-pays, Difference Pricing
20. Calculations for Billing Compounds
21. Cash Register Calculations
22. Usual and Customary Prices
23. Discounts
24. Gross and Net Profits
25. Inventory Control
26. Daily Cash Report
Section 3: Calculations for Institutional Pharmacy
27. Parenteral Doses Using Ratio and Proportion Calculations
28. Powdered Drug Preparations
29. Percentages
30. Ratio Solutions
31. Dosage Calculations Based on Body Weight
32. Dosage Calculations Based on Body Surface Area
33. Infusion Rates and Drip Rates
34. Dilutions
35. Alligations
36. Parenteral Nutrition Calculations
37. Dosage Calculations from Medication Labels
Appendix A: Practice Exam
Appendix B: Answers to Practice Problems
Index