Equipment

Below is a list of equipment commonly used for extemporaneous compounding.

• Mortar and pestle
• Class A prescription balance (Class III balance)
• Electronic balance
• Analytical balance
• Glassine papers (weighing papers)
• Weighing boats (weighing canoes)
• Ointment slab or pad
• Spatula
• Spatula cards
• Scoopula
• Glass stirring rods
• Hot plate
• Magnetic stir
• Beakers
• Graduated cylinder
• Erlenmeyer flask
• Droppers
• Funnels
• Oral syringes
• Ointment jars and tubes
• Prescription vials
• Bottles