Chapter 7; pharmacy calculations and measurment systems

Question 1

apothecaries’ system

Answer 1

used before the metric system was introduced; used to measure liquid volume (unit is the minim) and solid weight (unit is the grain)

Question 2

avoirdupois system

Answer 2

means goods sold by weight, used for ordering and purchasing some pharmaceutical products and for weighing patients

Question 3

body surface area (BSA):

Answer 3

the area covered by a person’s external skin

Question 4

dimensional analysis

Answer 4

method of problem solving used when two quantities are directly proportional to each other

Question 5

drip rate:

Answer 5

the number of drops of solutions infused per minute

Question 6

flow rate

Answer 6

the number of milliliters of fluids administered per hour or per minute

Question 7

infusion time

Answer 7

volume to be infused divided by flow rate

Question 8

metric system

Answer 8

most widely used system for measuring drugs, a decimal system for measuring drugs, a decimal system based on the number 10 and multiples and subdivisions of 10

Question 9

percent

Answer 9

parts per hundred; another way to express fractions and numerical relationships

Question 10

twenty-four-hour time

Answer 10

also called military time, method of keeping time by numbering the hours from 1 to 24 rather than 1 to 12 twice