A patient is to receive an IV infusion order of as seen below. Based on this...

A patient is to receive an IV infusion order of as seen below. Based on this order, what should the infusion rate be in mL/hr?

Date	Medication	Prescriber
01/01/202x	Heparin 25,000 units in 500 mL D5W. Infuse at 600 units/hour	Dr. Do

12 mL/hr explain

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medication composition - Heparin 25000 units in 500 ml D5W.

Infusion needed - 600 units/hr

To calculate - Infusion rate in ml/hr.

25000 units of heparin are present in 500 ml of the preparation. Therefore 1ml of preparation contains = 25000÷ 500 = 50 units.

Infusion is needed at 600 units per hour.

50 units is 1ml. So 600 units is 600 ÷ 50 = 12ml.

The infusion rate would be 12 ml/hr

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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