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TCC Catalog 2012-13 
    
TCC Catalog 2012-13 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PTN0015 Pharmacy Calculations

0 credit hour(s) | Spring
Prerequisite(s): PTN0000 .
This course teaches the basic terminology, abbreviations, units of measure, and appropriate weights and measures needed to perform pharmaceutical calculations. Apothecary, metric and household systems are essential components of this course. Review of calculations dealing with decimals, fractions, ratio and proportion, percentages, ratio strength, reducing and enlarging formulas, percent solutions, IV drip rates, and dilution and concentration problems are presented. Contact: 60 clock hours per semester. Course will not count toward credit for the A.A. degree.