• Activity INFORMATION

  Overview

  Accurate pharmaceutical calculations are essential to the process of nonsterile compounding, and pharmacy technicians should be well-versed in the practice of pharmaceutical calculations to ensure safe, quality preparations. This course will review common units of measure, conversions, and methods by which to calculate quantities and concentrations of ingredients. Step-by-step example problems will be presented to assist the learner with honing this important skill.
  

  Handouts

  • Slide Document :   23151H07_2pp.pdf Download

  • Slide Document :   23151H07_6pp.pdf Download

  Financial Support By

  PharmCon

• Learning OBJECTIVES

  Pharmacy Technician

  Recognize important equations for nonsterile compounding

  Solve pharmaceutical calculations for compounding nonsterile preparations

• Activity ACCREDITATION

  Activity Type

  Knowledge

  CE Broker

  20-1037540

  Universal Activity Number

  Pharmacy Technician 0798-0000-23-151-H07-T
  

  PharmCon is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

  PharmCon is an approved course provider for continuing education for nurses by the Florida Board of Nursing. PharmCon is also recognized by the California Board of Nursing as a provider of nursing programs.

  In order to obtain a Statement of Credit, participants must score no less than a 70% on the activity's test and complete a program evaluation.

• Activity INSTRUCTION

  Faculty

  Mary  Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Northeast Ohio Medical University

This continuing education activity is held as copyright by PharmCon, Inc. Through this notice, PharmCon, Inc. grants permission of its use for educational purposes only. These materials may not be used, in whole or in part, for any commercial purposes without prior permission in writing from the copyright owner(s).