Synopses & Reviews
Introducing the second edition of Mary Mohr's Lab Experiences for the Pharmacy Technician, a text filled with practical, hands-on laboratory exercises. This book is an ideal laboratory manual for pharmacy technician programs, covering the skills needed to dispense retail prescriptions, inpatient prescription orders, I.V. admixtures, and extemporaneous compounds. In addition, the book covers crucial skills like measuring, mixing, molding, packaging, and labeling medications, all in a reader-focused style that emphasizes engagement and real-world application.
Now with an updated retail dispensing simulation, this new edition includes step-by-step laboratory exercises and pre-lab and post-lab questions to promote critical thinking. Also included are role-playing scenarios to fine-tune students' patient communication skills. An appendix provides instructors with lists of required equipment and chemicals necessary to create a lab.
Synopsis
Bonus CD-ROM offers students practice in computerized order-entry. This is especially useful for small schools where pharmacy software is often not available. Pre-lab questions for each chapter require students to research information from other resources, aiding in the development of critical thinking skills. Appendix provides instructors with a list of required equipment and chemicals for the lab, as well as a listing of sources for the purchase of these materials.
Table of Contents
- Communicating with the Patient
- Examining the prescription for completeness
- Gathering information for patient profile
- Dealing with special needs patients
Data Entry of Prescriptions
- Drug Interactions
- Duplicate therapy
- Drug-disease interactions
- Refill authorization
Filling and Labeling the Prescription
- Check label three times
- Check expiration date
- Auxiliary labels
- Organizing materials for final check
Medication Orders-Inpatient
- Reading and Evaluating
- Manual Cart Fills
- Automated Dispensing Systems
Non-Prescription Drugs
- OTC products and categories
- Technician initiatives with OTC products
- Role-playing scenarios with OTC customers
The Prescription Balance
- Leveling and Calibration
- Weighing papers
- Prescription Weights
- Weighing technique
- Weighing exercises
Extemporaneous Compounds
- Dry Powders for external use
- Methods for reducing particle size
- Blending powders
- Dilution methods for combining unequal amounts of powders
- Packaging and labeling powders
Capsules
- Capsule size and capacity
- Procedure for filling capsules
- Weighing filled capsules for quality assurance
Lozenges
- Hand rolled lozenges
- Molded lozenges
- Gummy gel lozenges
Suppositories
- Cocoa Butter base-hand rolled
- Suppository molds
Lip Balm
- Hand rolled
Solutions and Syrups Suspensions and Lotions Ointments and Creams Admixture
- Large Volume Parenterals
- Piggybanks
- TPN
- Chemo admixture
Appendix - for instructors
- Equipment list
- Chemical list
- Sources