Slightly off topic here but in the hospitals where I work, abbreviations are strongly frowned upon as misunderstandings and errors can occur much more easily.
Also I think you mean 5% dextrose not 0.5% .05= 5% .5= 50% which is usually in a 50ML bolus used for acute hypoglycemia.
Real nurses will correct me if I guessed wrong...
5% is 5% and 0.5% is 0.5%. You're mixing your units. D5W is 5 gm of dextrose in 100 cc's. If there was such a thing as D.5%W that would be one half gm of dextrose in 100 cc's. D50W is 50 gm dextrose in 100 cc's but it comes in a 25 gm in 50 ml's.
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Slightly off topic here but in the hospitals where I work, abbreviations are strongly frowned upon as misunderstandings and errors can occur much more easily.