Calculate the amount you will prepare for each dose. A prescriber orders penicillin G potassium 1,000,000 units IV q6h.  Reconstitute with 18.2 mL diluent for a concentration of 250,000 units/mL.  How many milliliters should be given?

What will be an ideal response?


4 mL

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