ABSTRACT
After reading the following chapter and undertaking personal study, you should be able to:
Identify situations in clinical practice in which numerical values are important.
Identify the following as two different ways in which numerical values are expressed:
Scientific notation
Numerical prefixes.
State what is mean by Système Internationale (SI) units.
Identify the units of measurement of the following:
Length
Mass
Volume.
List situations in clinical practice in which the above units of measurement are used.
