c. Suppose an entire 1-L bag of normal saline is administered in 3 hours through a system with a ddop factor of 9 gtt/mL. How many drops were delivered? 9000 drops were delivered. (Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a decimal.) What was the rate of infusion in gtt/min?

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Medication is often delivered through an intravenous (IV) drip line that allows a prescribed amount of a drug to be administered at a fixed rate. Each delivery system has a particular drop factor,
which is the number of drops per milliliter of solution (gtt/mL). Complete parts (a) through (c) below.
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a. A particular macrodrip system has a drop factor of 17 gtt/mL. How many drops are in a 0.5-L bag of normal saline?
There are 8500 drops in a 0.5-L bag of normal saline.
(Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a decimal.)
b. A particular microdrip system has a drop factor of 52 gtt/mL. How many drops are in a 1-L bag of D5W (dextrose) solution?
There are 52000 drops in a 1-L bag of dextrose solution.
(Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a decimal.)
c. Suppose an entire 1-L bag of normal saline is administered in 3 hours through a system with a ddop factor of 9 gtt/mL. How many drops were delivered?
9000 drops were delivered.
(Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a decimal.)
What was the rate of infusion in gtt/min?
The rate of infusion was
gtt/min,
(Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a decimal.)
Transcribed Image Text:Medication is often delivered through an intravenous (IV) drip line that allows a prescribed amount of a drug to be administered at a fixed rate. Each delivery system has a particular drop factor, which is the number of drops per milliliter of solution (gtt/mL). Complete parts (a) through (c) below. A Click the icon to view common metric prefixes. a. A particular macrodrip system has a drop factor of 17 gtt/mL. How many drops are in a 0.5-L bag of normal saline? There are 8500 drops in a 0.5-L bag of normal saline. (Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a decimal.) b. A particular microdrip system has a drop factor of 52 gtt/mL. How many drops are in a 1-L bag of D5W (dextrose) solution? There are 52000 drops in a 1-L bag of dextrose solution. (Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a decimal.) c. Suppose an entire 1-L bag of normal saline is administered in 3 hours through a system with a ddop factor of 9 gtt/mL. How many drops were delivered? 9000 drops were delivered. (Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a decimal.) What was the rate of infusion in gtt/min? The rate of infusion was gtt/min, (Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a decimal.)
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