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Mosby's Sterile Compounding for Pharmacy Technicians

Principles and Practice

  • 2nd Edition - December 1, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Karen Davis
  • Language: English

Gain a complete introduction to institutional pharmacy practice and efficiently prepare for the new sterile compounding certification exam! Comprehensively covering sterile pr… Read more

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Description

Gain a complete introduction to institutional pharmacy practice and efficiently prepare for the new sterile compounding certification exam! Comprehensively covering sterile products, aseptic technique, and the workings of the sterile compounding facility, Mosby’s Sterile Compounding for Pharmacy Technicians: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, focuses on safe and accurate practice. This edition has expanded and updated coverage to address preparation, processing, medications, technique, and documentation, with review, analysis, and application of <USP 797>, <USP 800>, and <USP 825> and additional content on waste management, workflow, safety and compliance, billing and reimbursement, and emergency management. Illustrations abound, and content is brought to life with an updated art program, step-by-step procedures, and technician notes and alerts. Certification review questions are included with each chapter, and online student and instructor resources round out the offering.

Key features

  • Competency forms, lab activities, and sample compounding orders allow you to perform basic, hands-on aseptic manipulations in the lab
  • Mini-case scenarios promote critical thinking and application
  • Tech Notes, Tech Alerts, and Did You Know? boxes offer key information on-the-job success
  • Content modeled after ASHP curriculum for technician training
  • Chapter quizzes offer student practice and exam preparation
  • Instructor support materials online, including lesson plans, PowerPoint slides, a test bank, student handouts, answer keys, an image collection, and chapter pre-tests

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Sterile Compounding

2. Medications and Disease Management

3. Communication Within and Beyond the Pharmacy

4. Infection Control and Waste Management

5. Calculations Used in Intravenous Preparations

6. Medication Administration

7. United States Pharmacopeia <USP797>: Pharmaceutical Compound-Sterile Preparations

8. The Sterile Environment

9. Equipment and Supplies

10. Sterile Practice

11. Packaging, Labeling, and Documentation of CSPs

12. Total Parenteral Nutrition

13. United States Pharmacopeia <800> Hazardous Pharmaceuticals

14. Hazardous Drug Preparation

15. United States Pharmacopeia <825> Radiopharmaceuticals - Preparation, Compounding, Dispensing, and Repackaging

16. Quality Management, Safety, and Patient Compliance

17. Third-Party Billing, Reimbursement, and Inventory Management

18. Operations and Emergency Preparedness

19. Looking Forward

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 12, 2020
  • Language: English

About the author

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Karen Davis

Karen Davis is a Pharmacy Technician Education Consultant, Society for the Education of Pharmacy Technicians (SEPhT) Lyons, Georgia; Pharmacy Technician Program Instructor, Florence Darlington Community College, Florence, South Carolina, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Pharmacy Technician Education Consultant, Society for the Education of Pharmacy Technicians (SEPhT), Lyons, Georgia; Pharmacy Technician Program Instructor, Florence Darlington Community College, Florence, South Carolina, USA