patrickrb

Let's break it down. We're beginning with the amount to be infused. You are giving Ancef 1g/50mL. This means that there is one gram of Ancef (an antibiotic) dissolved in 50mL of solution. So, the amount to be infused is 50mL. Next, you are multiplying that by the drop rate of the tubing. That rate is 20 drops per mL. Next, you divide your product by the number of minutes over which the medication is to be infused. According to your problem, that number is 30 minutes. So you have 50 x 20 / 30 = ? For drops per minute remember to round to the nearest whole number.

That, indeed, is the formula!