Across
- 3. two ratios that have the same value; for example ½ and 4/8
- 4. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. the volume that a diluent takes up in a solution
- 10. 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, grams, pints, quarts, and gallons; grains, pounds, stones, and tons
- 12. a system of measurement based on the apothecary system; units of measure include the ounce, pound, drop, teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup
- 13. strength, the portion, or ratio, of the active strength ingredient to the whole drug product
- 15. an abbreviation for the solution Dextrose 5% in Water, a common IV solution
- 16. 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
- 17. the ability to maintain a drug’s potency and integrity in its compounded form
- 18. a mathematical system in which numerical values are expressed in either capital or lowercase letters
- 20. 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)
- 21. the last recommended date for administration provided by a compounding facility
- 22. a comparison of equal ratios; the product of the means equals the product of the extremes
Down
- 1. the full amount of the final volume in a drug product with all ingredients, the solutes and diluent solution
- 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
- 5. dissolved mineral salts in a fluid
- 8. a measurement system based on subdivisions and multiples of 10; made up of three basic units: meter, gram, and liter
- 9. volume, 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)
- 11. 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
- 14. switching the numerator with the denominator in a ratio
- 18. a comparison of numeric values
- 19. a zero that is placed in the ones place in a number less than zero that is being represented by a decimal value