Calculation

[Beverage]

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]

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]

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:

2 ml

(of the antibiotic)

+ 20 ml

(of the d5w)

+ 15 ml

(flush)

=

37 ml

(total volume to infuse)

it is likely that this would be set up on a pump and that a secondary bag would automatically start infusing the flush once the 22 ml had infused. the secondary bag would then deliver it's 15 ml flush fluid. i would include that 15 ml in the answer. this sounds more like a problem of calculating the iv intake rather than the drug dosage.