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Rx Compounding
Extemporaneous Rx Compounding:
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Preparing a product for resale | Manufacturing |
| Making a product for a specific person | Compounding |
| Wedgewood (reduces solid particles to very fine consistency, stains easily), glass (for liquids, ointments, and lotions, cleans easily), porcelain (makes smoother particles, doesn't stain); process is call trituration | Mortar and pestle |
| Wood, metal or all rubber; mercury or iodine will eat metal; use glassine papers, clean tile with alcohol; process called levigation | Spatula and ointment tile |
| Conical or graduated; measure from the bottom of the meniscus in graduated; graduated most accurate; no meniscus on plastic | Graduates |
| Class A Torsion, weighing range 6 mg-120 gm; anything past that range use bulk or counter balance; use pharmacy papers, nothing ever touches pans; weights on the right, product on the left | Balance for weighing solids |