Ch. 06 Pharmacy Measurement and Calculation

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  1. 4. the volume that a diluent takes up in a solution.
  2. 6. a zero that is placed in the ones place in a number less than zero that is being represented by a decimal value.
  3. 9. 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.
  4. 13. 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.
  5. 16. 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, and gallons; grains, pounds, stones, and tons.
  6. 17. the last recommended date for administration provided by a compounding facility.
  7. 18. switching the numerator with the denominator in a ratio.
  8. 20. dissolved mineral salts in a fluid.
  9. 21. the action of hand-preparing a new pharmaceutical product by mixing, combining, or integrating ingredients; (used as noun) the resulting prepared product, which can be sterile or nonsterile.
  10. 23. 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
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  1. 1. two ratios that have the same value; for example, $1/2$ and $4/8$.
  2. 2. the ratio of the weight of a substance compared to an equal volume of water when both are the same temperature at sea level.
  3. 3. a system of measurement based on the apothecary system; units of measure include the ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup.
  4. 5. a measurement system based on subdivisions and multiples of 10; made up of three basic units meter, gram, and liter.
  5. 7. the ability to maintain a drug's potency and integrity in its compounded form.
  6. 8. a comparison of numeric values.
  7. 10. the portion, or ratio, of the active strength ingredient to the whole drug product.
  8. 11. an abbreviation for the solution Dextrose 5% in Water, a common IV solution.
  9. 12. a comparison of equal ratios; the product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
  10. 14. the full amount of the final volume in a drug product with all ingredients, the solutes and diluent solution.
  11. 15. 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. 19. a mathematical system in which numerical values are expressed in either capital or lowercase letters.
  13. 22. 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).