PHM 110 - Pharmacy Calculations

Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 3
Credit Hours: 3

Presents the essential mathematics concepts and skills used by a pharmacy technician to calculate medication dosages using the formula, ratio, and dimensional analysis methods. Includes medication, drug calculations, and administration; measurement of doses; drug orders; conversions; and reconstitution. Stresses the prevention of medication errors and details the implications of any error.

Prerequisite: Second-term standing in the Pharmacy Technician program.