Calculations With Insulin

Although calculations with insulin are just as simple as any other sort of pharmacy calculation, a lot of technicians allow it to get the better of them. Calculating with insulin is simple if you remember that you're working with units instead of milliliters. For the moment, we're going to ignore concentrated insulin; we'll get to that later.

Unit Conversion in the Pharmacy

Conversion of units is one of the dryest topics in the pharmacy. And like abbreviations, there is no "fun" or "easy" way to learn them. The good news: there are a few basic conversions that are truly the most important ones. The bad news? The English system, also called the standard system, is messy.