Across
- 1. - (used as a verb) the action of hand-preparing a new pharmaceutical product by mixing, combining, or integrating ingredients; (used as a noun) the resulting prepared product, which can be sterile or nonsterile
- 5. strength - the portion, or ratio, of the active strength ingredients to the whole drug product
- 7. - a comparison of numeric values
- 8. (gr) - a small dry weight unit of measurement in the apothecary system (e.g., 5 grains [5 gr] of aspirin are equivalent to approximately 325 mg)
- 12. system of measurement - a measurement system based on subdivisions and multiples of 10; made up of three basic units; meter, gram, and liter
- 13. date (BUD) - the last recommended date of administration provided by a compounding facility
- 16. volume (dv) - the volume that a diluent takes up in a solution
- 19. - a number that represents a chemical element’s capacity to combine with other to form a molecule of a stable new compound, based on the number and activity of the exterior s
- 20. system of measurement - (british imperial system) a system of measurements used historically across the british empire with inches, feet, yards, furlongs, miles, as well as fathoms and nautical miles, fluid ounces, pounds, stones, and tons
- 21. alternate method - 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
- 22. volume (tv) - the full amount of the final volume in a drug product with all ingredients, the solutes and diluent solution
Down
- 2. time - (similar to international time) a measure of time based on a 24 hour close in which midnight is 00:00, noon is 12:00, and the minute before midnight is 23:59; also referred to as 24 hour time
- 3. - an abbreviation for the solution Dextrose 5% in water, a common IV solution
- 4. system - a system of measurement based on the apothecary system; units of measure include the ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup
- 5. ratio - switching the numerator with the denominator in a ratio
- 6. volume (pv) - the amount of space occupied by a medication in a sterile vial, used for reconstruction; equal to the difference between the total volume (tv) and the volume of the diluting ingredient, or the diluent volume (dv)
- 9. - a comparison of equal ratios; the product of the means equals the product of the extremes
- 10. ratios - two ratios that have the same value; for example, ½ and 4/8
- 11. zero - a zero that is placed in the ones place in a number less than zero that is being represented by a decimal value
- 14. - the ability to maintain a drug’s potency and integrity in its compounded form
- 15. solution - dissolved mineral salts in a fluid
- 17. numeral system - a mathematical system in which numerical values are expressed in either capital or lowercase letters
- 18. gravity - the ratio of the weight of a substance compared to an equal volume of water when both are the same temperature at sea level