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Published Jan 9, 2008
Beverage
95 Posts
An antibiotic dose of 100 mg in 2 mL is to be diluted in 20 mL of D5W to infuse over 30 minutes. A 15 mL flush follows. What is the total volume to infuse?
I think it's 22ml to be infused over 30 mins followed by 15ml flush which is not the same as an infusion. Can someone confirm or correct me please?
shock-me-sane
534 Posts
This sounds like a stupid trick question. The flush is not an infusion. So I would say that 22ml is the total volume.
edit: is this a peds question? sometimes they will do flushes on the syringe pumps
Daytonite, BSN, RN
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an antibiotic dose of 100 mg in 2 ml is to be diluted in 20 ml of d5w to infuse over 30 minutes. a 15 ml flush follows. what is the total volume to infuse?
this is a simple problem of addition: