304890 (v.1) Pharmaceutical Formulation 527

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	2.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	General review of stability. Stability problems associated with intravenous fluids, total parenteral nutrition solutions including emulsion formulations and drug solutions stored in the frozen state in the clinical setting. Stability calculations and conversion of basic data for use in clinical situations. Influence of formulation on injection site, phlebitis and microbial contamination. Formulation of total parental nutrition (TPN) solutions. Solubility problems associated with pharmaceutical systems such as intravenous fluids. The effects of changing solvent, common-ion effect, salting out and pH. Formulating specific dosage forms for the clinical setting.
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Field of Education:	060500 Pharmacy (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External