Making Drug Dosing Safer Flashcards
Dimensional analysis
Newer method of calculating drug dosages based on fractions
Dosage strength
Amount of drug in the given form, such as a tablet or capsule
Manual redundancy system
Process of medication prescription and delivery in which each person checks the drug dosage for accuracy
Solvent
Fluid in which a solid dissolves and also called the diluent
How to calculate dose administered of a solid oral preparation (tablet)
Dose desired divided by dose on hand (dose on tablet)
Most common solvent
Water, unless another liquid is specified
How to calculate dosage of liquids
(Dose desired divided by dose on hand p) times quantity = volume administered. Quantity is the amount of liquid in which the available drug is contained
After reconstitution of a multi dose vial, what should be added to the label
Amount of diluent added, dose of drug in mL, date of reconstitution, and expirations date
Hot to do dimensional analysis
Identify unit you want, and take what you have and multiply by a factor to cancel out units you don’t want, and are left with the desired unit
Dosage of an oral or parenteral drug may be based on
Weight in kg
How many pounds is one kg
2.2
How to find body surface area (BSA)
Using charts called monograms
How to find pediatric dose using BSA
BSA times usual adult dose
How to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit
9/5 times Celsius and then add 32
How many teaspoons is a tablespoon
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