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Principles and Practice
By- Teresa Hopper, BS, CPhT, Instructor of Pharmacy Technology, Boston Reed College, Napa, CA
This is a Pageburst digital textbook; Take your first step toward a successful career as a pharmacy technician with Mosby's Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice, 3 rd Edition . This comprehensive text makes essential skills and concepts approachable and easy to understand with clear writing, expert insight, and engaging study tools. Ensure success in class and in your future career with a fundamental understanding of basic sciences, the role of the pharmacy technician in the pharmacy setting, medication safety, drug classifications, and more!
Book, 816 Pages
Published: January 2011
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4557-3662-1
Contents
- Section One: General Pharmacy
- History of Medicine and Pharmacy
- Laws and Ethics of Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Associations, certification, and Settings for Technicians/Competency, Communication, and Ethics
- Conversions and Calculations Used by Pharmacy Technicians and Math Review
- Dosage Forms, Abbreviations, and Routes of Administration
- Referencing
- Prescription Processing
- Over the Counter Medication and Skin Anatomy
- Complementary Alternative Medications
- Hospital Pharmacy
- Repackaging and Compounding
- Aseptic Technique
- Pharmacy Stock and Billing
- Medication Safety and Error Prevention Section Two: Body Systems
- Endocrine System
- Nervous System
- Psychopharmacology
- Respiratory System
- Visual and Auditory Systems
- Gastrointestinal System
- Urinary System
- Cardiovascular System
- Reproductive System Section Three: Classifications of Drugs
- Anti-infectives
- Anti-inflammatories and Antihistamines
- Vitamins and Minerals
- Vaccines
- Oncology Agents Section Four: Basic Science for the Pharmacy Technician
- Microbiology
- Chemistry Section Five: Starting Your Career as a Pharmacy Technician
- Review for Pharmacy Technician Certification
