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You are preparing a heparin flush bag. It requires that heparin (1000 U/mL) be added to...

You are preparing a heparin flush bag. It requires that heparin (1000 U/mL) be added to a 250-mL bag of saline to prepare a concentration of 5 U/mL.

How many units (U) are added to the bag?

How many mL of Heparin are added to bag?

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1000 units/ml of heparin is added in 250ml saline to get a concentration of 5000 units/ml.

a) Units of the heparin added can be calculated by:

           1 ml= 1000 units

           250 ml = X units

            X unit= 250 × 1000 = 250000 units

b) ml of heparin added can be calculated by:

ml = 1ml               ×   1000 units

         5000 units              1

     = 1 ÷ 5 = 0.2 ml

Nightingale answered 2 years ago
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