Transcription of Lesson 3: Calculations used when compounding medications
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Lesson 3: Calculations used when compounding medications
Lesson 3: Calculations used when compounding medications Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians all compound medications in one way or another, at least at some point in their careers, and you will try your hand at it soon, if you have not already. The most common compounding you are likely to do is preparation of intravenous (IV) solutions. This compounding is fairly straightforward and will involve primarily proportional Calculations . There will be times when you will need to determine the osmolarity of an IV. solution. Finally, you may need to change the concentration of an already-mixed IV solution, so you will need to know how to dilute or concentrate that solution. You will likely also compound medications for topical application or administration via some body orifice. There are Calculations you will need to perform to ensure that ingredients are properly weighed and that solutions for mucous membranes are isotonic, so they do not harm tissues.
medications that could harm and in some cases even kill patients if the dose is miscalculated, you must use a method that will allow you to get the right answer every time. If you didn’t learn about dimensional analysis in your high school mathematics classes, it would be in your best interest to learn it now. Dimensional analysis is a method of
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