Identification and Correct use of Apparatus,
Session 3: Identification and Correct use of Apparatus,
Instrument and Equipment in Compounding
Total Session Time: 120 minutes +6 hours of Practice
Prerequisites
Learning Tasks
By the end of this session students are expected to be able to:
Resources Needed:
SESSION OVERVIEW
Activity/
Step Time Content
Method
1 05 minutes Presentation Introduction, Learning Tasks
35 minutes Presentation Apparatus, Instruments and Equipments Used in
2 Compounding
Buzzing
60 minutes Presentation Correct Use of Apparatus Instruments and
3 Equipments
Demonstration
4 10 minutes Presentation Key Points
5 10 minutes Presentation Evaluation
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SESSION CONTENTS
STEP1: Presentation of Session Title and Learning Tasks (5 minutes)
READ or ASK students to read the learning tasks and clarify
ASK students if they have any questions before continuing
STEP 2: Apparatus, Instruments and Equipment Used in Compounding (35
Minutes)
Activity: Buzzing (5 minutes)
ASK students to pair up and buzz on the following question for 2 minutes
ALLOW few pairs to respond and let other pairs to add on points not mentioned
WRITE their response on the flip chart/board
CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the content below
o Beaker (glass and plastic)
o Measuring cylinders
o Pipette
o Mortar and pestle
o Thermometer
o Stirring rod
o Spatula (stainless steel or plastic)
o Sucker / rubber tit
o Evaporating dish
o Storage container (jar and bottles)
o X – ray film
o Cylindrical or conical measures
o Conical flasks
o Funnel (glass or plastic)
o Filtration material ( filter paper, muslin, cotton gauze, gauze)
o Sieve
o Weighing balance
o Water bath
o Bunsen burner
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o Stove
o Reverse Osmosis machine
o Autoclave machine
o Tablet compression machine
o Fluidized bed drier
o Coating machine
o HPLC machine
o Dissolution
STEP 3: Correct Use of Apparatus, Instruments and Equipment (60 minutes)
of meniscus
easily, instead use measuring cylinders.
And also for an easy cleaning of the weighing balance
cause chemical reaction and stain on the spatula, instead used plastic spatula
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Activity: Demonstration (50 minutes)
DIVIDE students in small manageable groups.
PREPARE apparatus, instruments and equipments needed for demonstration
POSITION students so that everyone can see and hear
REVIEW steps of that skill with students using a Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
REFER students to the Tanzania Pharmaceutical Handbook for correct use of
the equipment
DEMONSTRATE the procedure of correct use of the apparatus, instrument and equipment
ALLOW one student from each group to do a return demonstration and let others comment
on it
CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the content below
INFORM the students that “every student will practice in the laboratory under supervision
until is competent”
STEP 4: Key Points (10 minutes)
o Beaker
o Measuring cylinders
o Pipette
o Mortar and pestle
o Thermometer
o Stirring rod
o Spatula (stainless steel or plastic)
o Sucker / rubber tit
o Evaporating dish
o Storage container
o X – ray film
o Weighing balance
o Water bath
o Bunsen burner
o Stove
o Reverse Osmosis
o Autoclave machine
o Tablet compression machine
o Fluidized bed drier
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o Coating machine
o HPLC machine
o Dissolution
for compounding must be used correctly
STEP 5: Evaluation (10 minutes)
What are the apparatus, instruments and equipment that are used in compounding?
STEP 6: Practice (6 hours)
supervision until is competent” on identifying and demonstrate the correct use of the
apparatus, instruments and equipments used in compounding
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References
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain., & Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences. (1994). The Pharmaceutical Codex, Principles and Practice
of Pharmaceutics (W. Lund Ed. 12th ed.). London,: Pharmaceutical P.
Senya, S. S., Mwasha, C. Y. S., Muyinga, A. M., Amiri, R. I., & Mauga, E. A. S. K. (2011).
Tanzania Pharmaceutical Handbook (2nd ed.). Dar es salaam: School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied
Health Sciences.
United States Pharmacopeial Convention. Committee of Revision. (2013). The United States
pharmacopeia (pp. v.). Rockville, Md.: United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.
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