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The nurse is preparing doxorubicin for a patient with malignant melanoma. The infusion prepared by the pharmacist has 70 mg of doxorubiin in 100mL and it will be infused over two hours. What is the IV rate for the infusion?
Given data
Total volume to be infused = 100mL
Time of infusion= 2hr
The formula for IV flow rate calculation
Total volume (mL ) = flow rate in mL/ hr
Time (hr)
100mL = 50mL / hr
2hr
The doxorubicin 75mg/100 mL solution to be infused in a rate of 50mL/hr to complete the infusion in 2hrs.