Mosby's Sterile Compounding for Pharmacy Technicians Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition

by Karen Davis, AAHCA, BHS, CPhT

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

ISBN: 9780323709828

Publication Date: 01-22-2020

Page Count: 224

Imprint: Mosby

List Price: $71.99

Was $71.99

Now $63.35

Or $0.00 with a valid access code

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 , , and 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.

Newer Edition Available

3rd Edition

Mosby's Complete Compounding for Pharmacy Technicians Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

ISBN: 9780443122477

Related Products
- 2nd Edition
  Evolve Resources for Mosby's Sterile Compounding for Pharmacy Technicians
  Resources
  
  ISBN: 9780323721783
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
New to This Edition
- NEW! Expanded and updated content on all aspects of preparation, processing, medications, techniques, and documentation plus new content on the sterile environment; , , and ; hazardous materials and waste management; workflow, quality control; safety and compliance; billing and reimbursement; and emergency and disaster planning
- NEW! Procedure boxes with step-by-step instructions, technique photos, and rationales
- NEW and EXPANDED! Updated art program focuses on the sterile environment, equipment and supplies, and skills
- NEW! Chapter quiz questions prepare students for classroom exams
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 : 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
Authors

Karen Davis, AAHCA, BHS, CPhT, 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
Accessibility
- Ways of Reading
  - The appearance of the text and page layout can be modified according to the capabilities of the reading system (font family and font size, spaces between paragraphs, sentences, words, and letters, as well as color of background and text)
  - This e-publication is accessible to the full extent that the file format and types of content allow, on a specific reading device, by default, without necessarily including any additions such as textual descriptions of images or enhanced navigation
  - No information about nonvisual reading is available
- Conformance
  - No information is available
- Navigation
  - Table of contents to all chapters of the text via links
  - Page list to go to pages from the print source version
- Rich Content
  - No information is available
- Hazards
  - No information is available
- Product Content
  - No information is available
- Legal Considerations
  - No information is available
- Additional Accessibility Information
  - Page breaks included from the original print source
  - For readers with color vision deficiency, use of color (e.g., in diagrams, graphics and charts, in prompts, or on buttons inviting a response) is not the sole means of graphical distinction or of conveying information
  - E-publication includes basic navigation (usually less detailed than TOC-based navigation)
  - Where links, controls or buttons are included in the content, the purpose or functionality of each link, control or button is apparent from the associated text alone - or where it is unclear, separate link, control or button descriptions are provided
  - All (or substantially all) textual matter is arranged in a single logical reading order (including text that is visually presented as separate from the main text flow, e.g., in boxouts, captions, tables, footnotes, endnotes, citations, etc.). Non-textual content is also linked from within this logical reading order. (Purely decorative non-text content can be ignored).
  - The language of the text has been specified (e.g., via the HTML or XML lang attribute) to optimise text-to-speech (and other alternative renderings), both at the whole document level and, where appropriate, for individual words, phrases or passages in a different language.