Calculate the amount you will prepare for each dose. A prescriber orders penicillin G potassium 250,000 units q6h IM. The drug is available in a 1,000,000-unit multidose vial. The label reads to reconstitute the drug with sterile water.
(a) How much sterile water must be added to reconstitute 50,000 units/mL?(b) How much water would you add to prepare 100,000 units/mL?
What will be an ideal response?
(a) 20 mL (b) 10 mL
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