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- Class A prescription balances —
- required equipment for every pharmacy;
- used for weighing small amounts of drugs;
- may be manual or electronic
- Counter balances —
- can weigh much larger quantities;
- used for measuring bulk products,
- not for prescription compounding
- Analytical balance – usually digital output
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- Good quality corrosion-resistant metal weights (especially brass) are essential
- Forceps are used to transfer weights from storage container to balance, and have both metric and apothecary system increments
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- Pipettes are used for measuring liquids
- They are long, thin, calibrated hollow tubes made of glass
- Usually used for accurately measuring small volumes
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- Conical graduates have wide tops and bases, and taper from the top to the bottom
- Cylindrical graduates are designed with a narrow diameter which is the same from top to base;
- they are more accurate than conical graduates
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