Across
- 6. dissolved mineral salts in a fluid
- 8. the ability to maintain a drug's potency and integrity in its compounded form
- 10. the last recommended date for administration provided by a compounding facility
- 11. two rations that have the same value; from example 1/2 and 4/8
- 15. a system of measurements based on the apothecary system units of measure include the ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup
- 17. the volume that a dilutent takes up in a solution
- 19. the portion, or ratio, of the active strength ingredient to the whole drug product
- 20. the full amount of the final volume in a drug product with all ingredients the solutes and diluent solution
- 21. a small dry-weight unit of measurement in the apothecary system (eg 5 grains of aspirin are equivalent to approximately 325 mg)
- 22. method of setting up a conversion from one measurement system by multiplying the known measurement by the conversion rate as a fraction (with the known measure in denominator), also known as calculation by cancellation
- 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, points, quarts and gallons; grains pounds, stones, and tons
Down
- 1. a zero that is placed in the ones place in a number less than zero that is being represented by a decimal value
- 2. the amount of space occupied by a medication in a sterile vial, used for reconstitution; equal to he difference between the total volume (tv) and the volume of the diluting ingredient, or the diluent volume (dv)
- 3. a measurement system based on subdivisions and multiples of 10; made up of three basic units, meter, grams and liter
- 4. 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
- 5. switching the numerator with the denominator in a ratio
- 7. a comparison of numeric values
- 9. a mathematical system in which numerical values are expressed in either capital or lowercase letters
- 12. the ratio of the weight of a substance compared to an equal volume of water when both are the same temperature at sea level
- 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
- 14. 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
- 16. an abbreviation for the solution Dextrose 5% in Water, a common IV solution
- 18. a comparison of equal rations; the product of the means equals the product of the extremes