mathematics, medicine, nursing, medical assisting 

This new resource clearly explains how to perform all the mathematics needed by today's health-care professionals*including drug dosage, laboratory, and quality assurance calculations. Each chapter features introductory information and sample calculations readers can use to solve clinical problems. - from Amazon 

xix, 332 p. : ill. : 24 cm. 

Section 1 Fundamentals of Mathematical Calculations -- Practice Tests -- Chapter 1 Basic Arithmetic, Rounding Numbers -- Chapter 2 Significant Figures and Scientific Notation -- Chapter 3 Fractions, Percentages, Ratio, and Proportion -- Chapter 4 Systems of Measurement -- Chapter 5 Dilutions and Titers -- Chapter 6 Calculations Associated with Solutions -- Section 2 Calculations Associated with Drug Dosages -- Chapter 7 Interpreting Medical Orders -- Chapter 8 Medication Preparation and Routes of Administration -- Section 3 Laboratory Calculations -- Chapter 9 Clinical Chemistry Laboratory -- Chapter 10 Urinalysis Laboratory -- Chapter 11 Hematology and Immunohematology Laboratories -- Chapter 12 Microbiology Laboratory -- Chapter 13 Quality Assurance in the Clinical Laboratory: Basic Statistical Concepts -- Chapter 14 Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Clinical Laboratory -- Chapter 15 Instrument and Method Assessment -- Appendix A Preparing a 0.5 McFarland Standard Suspension -- Appendix B Student t Table -- Appendix C F Probability Table -- Appendix D CLIA '88 Criteria for Acceptable Performance -- Answers to Practice Problems -- Index