Something new!
The stated concentration on the "Drug Facts" labeling of a U.S. children's
over-the-counter oral liquid antihistamine now reads "In each 5mL..." where it
used to read, "In each 5 mL teaspoonful." Perhaps the influence of the
Institute For Safe Medication Practices' 2011 recommen
Paul Trusten-- I'm curious: what kind of training in measurement do
pharmacists get these days? Is it just the minimum to do the job, or do
they get in-depth training for an understanding of measurement systems,
including not only basic metric units, but also SI. I notice that the
Merck Manu
Great question, Martin. I'll have to find out. I got my pharmacist license
during the Bicentennial, so much may have changed. I would he interested to
know if is taught as a system approach. I would hope that it is in-depth if
it is taught as part of a pre-professional curriculum, since it would
I received my BSEE in 1966 and it was never called SI, or the International
System of Units. However, I learned "metric" as at least a somewhat coherent
system in high school chemistry and physics, and as MKSA
(meter/kilogram/second/ampere) in college where its coherence was emphasized.
The w
JM Steele, Paul Trusten sirs:>However, I learned "metric" as at least a
somewhat coherent system in high school chemistry and physics, and as MKSA
(meter/kilogram/second/ampere) in college where its coherence was
emphasized.>.That was new direction and the textbook for our fifth term of
phy
I was a few years behind John - I sat my BSc exams in November/December 1968
and my BCs (Hons) a year later . (Southern hemisphere - South Africa, hence
summer holidays over Christmas). As John said, I was brought up using the
MKS system I(as we called it) in physics. But the applied mathematician
