Ellen Kim - Ch. 06 Pharmacy Measurement and Calculation - KEY TERMS

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Across
  1. 3. - a comparison of equal ratios; the product of the means equals the product of the extremes
  2. 5. (tv) - the full amount of the final volume in a drug product with all ingredients, the solutes and diluent solution
  3. 6. - dissolved mineral salts in a fluid
  4. 8. - the ratio of the weight of a substance compared to an equal volume of water when both are the same temperature at sea level
  5. 10. - a zero that is placed int he ones place in a number less than zero that is being represented by a decimal value
  6. 12. - the amount of space occupied by a medication in a sterile vial, used for reconstitution; equal to the difference between the total volume (tv) and the volume of the diluting ingredient, or the diluent volume (dv)
  7. 13. - switching the numerator with the denominator in a ratio
  8. 14. - (similar to international time) a measure of time based on a 24-hour clock in which midnight is 0000, noon is 1200, and the minute before midnight is 2359; also referred to as 24-hour time
  9. 15. - the action of hand-preparing a new pharmaceutical product by mixing, combining, or integrating ingredients; the resulting prepared product which can be sterile or nonsterile
  10. 17. - The last recommended date for administration provided by a compounding facility
  11. 18. - a measurement system based on subdivisions and multiples of 10; made up of three basic units: meter, gram, and liter
  12. 19. - two ratios that have the same value; for example ½ and 4/8
  13. 20. - the portion, or ratio, of the active strength ingredient to the whole drug product
  14. 21. - a small dry=weight unit of measurement in the apothecary system (e.g., 5 grains of aspirin are equivalent to approximately 325 mg)
  15. 23. - (also known as the British Imperial System) a system of measurements used historically across the British Empire with inches, feet, yards, furlongs, and miles, as well as fathoms and nautical miles, fluid ounces, drams, pints, quarts, gallons; grains, pounds, stones, and tons
Down
  1. 1. - the method of calculating the proportions of two different substances to be combined in a new product to create a different concentration of the active ingredient
  2. 2. - a system of measurement based on the apothecary system; units of measure include the ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup
  3. 4. - the ability to maintain a drug's potency and integrity in its compounded form
  4. 7. volume - the volume that a diluent takes up in a solution
  5. 9. - a number that represents a chemical element's capacity to combine with others to form a molecule of a stable new compound, based on the number and activity of the exterior electrons
  6. 11. - a mathematical system in which numerical values are expressed in either capital or lowercase letters.
  7. 16. - an abbreviation for the solution Dextrose 5% in Water, a common IV solution
  8. 22. - a comparison of numeric values