Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Back to Basics
• 2. Systems of Measurement
• 3. Ratio and Proportion
• 4. Interpreting Drug Orders and Calculating Doses
• 5. Reducing and Enlarging Formulas and Compounding
• 6. Reconstitution of Dry Powders
• 7. Intravenous Flow Rates
• 8. Percentage Calculations
• 9. Concentrations and Dilutions
• 10. Electrolyte Solutions
• 11. Temperature Conversions
• 12. Business Math
• 13. Medication Errors and Clinical Challenges
• Appendix
• Posttest
• Answer Key
• Index

About the Author

William A. Hopkins Jr., PharmD, is President, Clinical Pharmacy Consultants of North Georgia, Big Canoe, Georgia. Previously he was Professor of Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Practice, Mercer University College of Pharmacy, Atlanta, Georgia. He is the author of the math chapters of the best-selling Pharmacy Technician Certification Quick-Study Guide.