Pharmacy Math and Dosage Calculations

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Career and Technical Education Class Hours: 3 hours lecture. Semester Credit Hours: 3 Instruction includes the proper use of the metric, apothecary, and avoirdupois systems. Conversion between the systems is mastered. Applications of formula, calculations of fractional dosages, percentage preparation, and methods of calculating dosages for all drug forms are studied. Review of calculations dealing with ratio and proportion, percentages, ratio strength, reducing and enlarging formulas and dilution, and concentration problems are presented. Prerequisite(s): MAT 1234