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Ballington, Don A.

Pharmacy Practice/ Don A. Ballington; Robert J. Anderson - 3rd ed. - New Delhi: CBS Publishers & Distributors, c2008 - xv,406p.: ill. (some color); 27 cm + 1 CD-ROM

Includes index

Unit 1: Principles of pharmacy practice --
The profession of pharmacy --
Pharmacy law, regulations, and standards for technicians --
Drugs, dose forms, and delivery systems --
Routes of drug administration --
Basic pharmaceutical measurements and calculations --
Unit 2: Community pharmacy --
Dispensing medications in the community pharmacy --
The business of community pharmacy --
Extemporaneous compounding --
Unit 3: Institutional pharmacy --
Hospital pharmacy practice --
Infection control and safe handling of hazardous agents --
Preparing sterile intravenous products --
Unit 4: Professionalism in the pharmacy --
Medication safety --
Human relations and communications --
Your future in pharmacy practice --
Appendix A: Common pharmacy practice abbreviations --
Appendix B: Greek and Latin word parts --
Appendix C: Most commonly prescribed drugs --
Appendix D: Common drugs that cannot be crushed --
Appendix E: Look-alike, sound-alike medication recommendations and reference table --
Glossary.


ISBN: 8123915381 9788123915388

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pharmacy technicians.
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Pharmaceutical Preparations.
Pharmacists' Aides.
Pharmacy.
Medicine.

LC Class. No.: RS100 B34 2008