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Pharmacy Practice for Technicians, Fourth Edition

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Pharmacy Practice for Technicians, Fourth Edition - Text with Study Partner CD
ISBN: 978-0-76383-460-9
$95.91

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Pages: 512 | Copyright: 2010

Author(s): Don A. Ballington and Robert J. Anderson

Overview

Pharmacy Practice for Technicians, Fourth Edition, provides comprehensive coverage of pharmacy technician skills and responsibilities. This textbook offers the most in-depth content available on pharmacy technician practice!

  • Special coverage of safety issues and ways pharmacy technicians can help the medical team avoid medication errors.
  • Thoroughly updated to reflect changes in technology and practice in community and hospital pharmacies.
  • Supports the ASHP competencies and teaches USP 797 guidelines on compounding sterile preparations.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Unit 1. Principles of Pharmacy Practice.
1. The Profession of Pharmacy.
2. Pharmacy Law, Regulations, and Standards.
3. Pharmacology in Practice.
4. Dosage Forms and Routes of Administration.
5. Pharmaceutical Measurements and Calculations.
Unit 2. Community Pharmacy.
6. Dispensing Medications in the Community Pharmacy.
7. The Business of Community Pharmacy.
8. Nonsterile Pharmaceutical Compounding.
Unit 3. Institutional Pharmacy.
9. Hospital Pharmacy Practice.
10. Infection Control.
11. Preparing and Handling Sterile Products and Hazardous Drugs.
Unit 4. Professionalism in the Pharmacy.
12. Medication Safety.
13. Human Relations and Communications.
14. Your Future in Pharmacy Practice.
Appendix A. Most Commonly Prescribed Drugs.
Appendix B. Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Medications.
Appendix C. Spanish for Pharmacy Technicians.
Glossary.
Index.
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