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The physician writes an order for Regular Insulin to be infused at 2.5 units per hour. Pharmacy supplies 100 units of Regular Insulin in 500 mL of normal saline. The infusion control device used in your unit can be set in mL/hr. What should the infusion rate be? ***PLEASE PUT ANSWER IN ML PER HOUR*** How many ML's per hour?
Ordered dose= 2.5 units
Available dose= 100 units
Available Volume= 500ml
Required dose (ml/hr)=( ordered dose/available dose)× volume
= ( 2.5 units/100units)× 500ml
= 12.5 ml/hr
Infusion pump to be set at 12.5ml/hr