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A patient has orders for Fragmin 10,000 international units twice a day for DVT prevention. The Fragmin is available in 5000 international units per 0.4 milliliter vials. How many milliliters would the nurse administer with each dose? __________mL
A patient has orders for Fragmin 10,000 international units twice a day for DVT prevention. The Fragmin is available in 5000 international units per 0.4-milliliter vials.
Since the Fragmin is available in 5000 international units per 0.4-milliliter vials and we need 10,000 international units
= 0.4 x 2
= 0.8 ml per dose
0.8 milliliters would be administered with each dose