An IV of 1000ml D5w has been ordered to be infused at 125ml/hr. The drop factor for the IV tubing is 10gtt/ml
The IV was hung at 10:00pm. At 11:30pm, you check the IV and find that 450ml has infused. Recalculate the gtt/min for the remaining solution.
d.14
I know the answer but dont know how to figure it out can someone explain?
For gtt/min: The solution is Volume x Calibration / Minutes. So 125ml/hr x 10gtt/ml / 90 min (that is 10:00 minus 11:30, which is 90 minutes). So 125*10 = 1250 and take 1250 / 90 => 13.88 (round) = 14 gtt/min.
If you needed to do it by using hours would be the same equation above:
Volume x Calibration / Minutes, but add hours: Volume x Calibration / Minutes x 60.
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