The Pharmacy Technician Certification Quick-Study Guide, 3rd edition covers the three function areas tested by the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination.

Developed in a concise, outline format, this edition has been updated to reflect the exams’ new content. It features 457 sample questions, complete with an answer key to help test-takers understand critical material as they prepare for the examination.

Previously referred to as the “Purple Book,” this book has helped tens of thousands of candidates prepare for the test since the first edition was published in 1995.

Contents

Section I: Assisting the Pharmacist in Serving Patients

1. Receiving prescription and medication orders
2. Patient information/profile systems
3. Processing prescriptions and medication orders

Section II: Maintaining Medication and Inventory Control Systems

4. Medication distribution and inventory control systems

Section III: Processing and Handling of Specific Drug Categories

5. Processing and handling commercially available chemotherapeutic medications
6. Collecting and communicating data on investigational drugs
7. Collecting and communicating data on restricted drug distribution programs

Section IV: Participating in the Administration and Management of Pharmacy Practice

8. Operatiions

Section V: Pharmaceutical Calculations

9. Fractions, decimals, and roman numerals
10. Calculating percentage and ratio strength
11. Pharmaceutical systems of measurement
12. Dosage calculations
13. Concentrations
14. Commercial calculations
15. Practice questions

Appendices
Index

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