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You are making an IV infusion that is to have a final concentration of 0.5 mg/mL. You are making 1000 mL of the total solution and the vial of medication is a concentration of 25 mg/mL. How many mL of the medication should you place into the IV fluid?
THE AMOUNT OF MEDICATIO AVAILABLE 25MG/ML
The amount of final concentration of medication is 0.5/ml
The required amount of medication to be infused in 1000 ml
Steps of calculation
1. To identify amount of medication per liter, divide the known amount of medication in solution with total volume dilution
Known amount of medication in solution
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Total volume dilution
25ml
------------------------ =0.025 ml
1000 ml
2. Then divide required dose per ml with the obtained value of concentration per liter
Dose per ml required
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Concentration per milliliter
0.5ml
---------------------------------= 20ml/500mg
0.025
= 20 ml to be infused into the intravenous fluid in order to achieve the 0.5mg/ml for flow