Compounding
What are some of the types of compounding?
What is Suspensions, dermatologicals, and suppositories.
What is one of the most fundamental pieces of compounding equipment?
What is a balance.
What does Volumetric mean?
What is Measures volume
What is a meniscus?
What is a curve in a liquid when pouring it into containers.
What do you use to mix solids and semi-solids.
What is a mortal and pestle.
What is a compounding record?
What is a record of what actually happened when the preparation was compounding.
What is does sensitivity mean when dealing with balances?
What is the amount of weight that will move the pointer on a balance one division mark on the marker plate.
What does TD and TC mean?
What is "To deliver" and "To contain".
What do you use to measure/deliver volumes less than 1 mL?
What is a pipet, micropipet, or syringe.
What is a sieves.
What is a Formulation Record?
What is formulas and procedures for what should happen when a preparation is compounded.
What type of weights does a Class III torsion balance use?
What is internal and external weights.
When do you use volumetric equipment?
What is compounding, liquid drugs, solvents, and additives.
How do you measure a liquid in a graduated cylinder?
What is Pour the liquid into a clean graduated cylinder and look at it at eye level.
What is mixing two powders of unequal quantity.
What is the on-demand formulation of a prescribed drug preparation to meet the unique needs of an individual patient in compounding?
What is Extemporaneous.
What is the sensitivity of the Class III torsion balance?
What is up to 6mg.
Name some of the common volumetric vessels.
What are Pipets, cylindrical and conical graduates, burets, syringes, and volumetric flasks.
How long should you let an aqueous and hydroalcoholic liquid to drain?
What is 15 seconds.
What is used to mix and spread semi-solid dosage forms as ointments and creams?
What is a spatula.
What is the United States Pharmacopoeia-National Formulary?
What is a scientific, nonprofit organization that has been granted federal authority to set standards for compounding and manufacturing.
What is an aliquot?
What is a portion of a mixture.
How many types of pipets are there?
What is 4.
What is approximately 60 or more seconds.
What is spatulation?
What is the process that mixes powders using a spatula.