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3,500 units of Heparin is to be administer subcutaneously to the patient every 12 hours. Heparin is supplied as 5,000 unit/ ml. How many mL will be required to give a single dose?
According to the question, single dose contains 3500 units of Heparin.
Also, 5000 units are present in 1 mL.
Therefore, 1 unit is present in 1 ÷ 5000 mL.
And, 3500 units are present in (1 ÷ 5000) × 3500 mL
= 0.7 mL
Hence, 0.7 mL of Heparin is required to give single dose.