Title: Perform mathematical calculations.
Course: Pharmacy Technician I (14152-I) > Section: Applying Pharmacy Calculations

Performance should include calculations that are critical to the tasks of pharmacy technicians in a variety of settings and

- rules of drug calculations
- metric system and conversions
- decimals and fractions
- ratios and proportions and percentages
- osmolarity, milliequivalent (mEq)
- military time
- Roman numerals
- Young's rule
- Clark’s rule
- Fried’s rule
- temperature conversions
- body surface area (BSA) dosage calculations
- drip rate calculations
- increasing and decreasing formulations
- powder volume
- W/W, W/V, and V/V
- percent strength
- ratio strength.

See PTCB 6.3 (https://www.ptcb.org/lib24watch/files/pdf/169).

See ASHP 2.6 (https://www.ashp.org/-/media/assets/professional-development/technician-program-accreditation/docs/ashp-acpe-pharmacy-technician-accreditation-standard-2018.ashx?la=en&hash=36EAA6511105A6C6BFEA4F30E193892F19E2C385).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the purposes of Young's, Clark’s, and Fried’s rule?
- What are the rules of drug calculations?