If you have a stock vial of an antibiotic with a concentration of 450 mg/mL, but the antibiotic is to be administered at 90 μg/mL in a total volume of 10cc, diagram/describe how you would do this
If you have a stock vial of an antibiotic with a concentration of 450 mg/mL, but the antibiotic is to be administered at 90 μg/mL in a total volume of 10cc, diagram/describe how you would do this
Chapter9: Parenteral Medication Labels And Dosage Calculation
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If you have a stock vial of an antibiotic with a concentration of 450 mg/mL, but the antibiotic is to be administered at 90 μg/mL in a total volume of 10cc, diagram/describe how you would do this?
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Final concentration = 90 microgram /ml Initial concentration- 450 microgram/ml Final Volume= 10cc=10 ml
A 1: 5 dilution of the stock 450 microgram/ml= 90 microgram/ ml (final) 1: 5 dilution is 1 ml of stock+ 4 ml of diluent.
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