The physician orders gentamicin 40 mg IVPB q8 hr for infection. The medication is supplied in gentamicin 40 mg/100mL to infuse over 1 hour. Tubing drop factor is 20 gtt/mL. How many drops per minute will be given?


Answer ;
33 gtt/min
convert hour into minutes
1hr: 60 min
use equation V/T multiple by Drop factor
100ml/60 min multiplied by 20 gtt/ml
33.3333333 drops per minute need to be rounded by the whole number
the end result would be 33 gtt/min

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