An 8-month-old infant is admitted to the pediatric floor of the community hospital with a new diagnosis of diabetes. The patient is to receive 1 unit of regular insulin subcutaneously. How will that 1 unit be administered?
A) It is administered orally.
B) It is administered as U-5.
C) It is administered with a TB syringe.
D) It is administered as U-10.
D
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An infant should receive the dosage in a dilution strength of U-10 . It is not administered orally, as U-5, or in a TB syringe.
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