INJ and Flow Rates
A vial contains 500 mg/2 mL. The prescribed dose is 750 mg.
How many mL should be administered?
What is 7.5 mL
You need 1,200 mL of a 35% solution using 50% and 20% solutions.
How many mL of each are needed?
A prescription requires a medication and diluent in a 1:4 ratio.
If the final mixture contains 250 mL, how many mL of medication and diluent are required?
What is
A patient receives 120 tablets with directions to take 1 tablet every 6 hours.
What is the day supply?
What is 30 days
A prescription says:
Take 2 tablets PO BID.
The patient receives 180 tablets.
What is 45 days?
A patient weighs 72 kg. The medication is ordered at 0.6 mg/kg/dose. The available concentration is 80 mg/2 mL.
How many mL should be administered per dose?
What is 1.08 mL
Prepare 1,500 mL of a 32% solution using 60% and 20% solutions.
How many mL of each are required?
What is 450 mL of 60% and 1050 mL of 20%
A compound requires active ingredient to diluent in a 3:5 ratio.
You need 640 mL total.
How many mL of each are required?
What is
A patient receives 240 mL of an oral liquid.
Directions: Take 7.5 mL by mouth every 6 hours as needed.
Assuming the patient uses the medication at the maximum frequency allowed by the directions, what is the day supply?
A medication is available as 250 mg/5 mL.
The prescription calls for 750 mg per dose.
How many mL are needed for one dose?
What is 15ml
A medication is supplied as 2.5 g/10 mL. The ordered dose is 1.75 g.
How many mL should be administered?
What is 7ml
A pharmacy needs 1,000 mL of an 18% solution using 30% and 10% solutions.
How many mL of each solution are needed?
What is 400 mL of 30% and 600 mL of 10%
A solution is prepared using drug A and drug B in a 3:2 ratio.
If the final preparation contains 750 mL, how much of each drug is required?
What is
A prescription contains 100 tablets.
Directions: Take 2 tablets every 8 hours.
What is the maximum number of complete days supplied?
What is 16 days?
A patient needs 1,500 mL of IV fluid over 12 hours.
The IV tubing has a drop factor of 20 gtt/mL.
What is the drip rate in gtt/min?
What is 42 gtt/min
A medication is available as 750 mg/5 mL. The prescribed dose is 1.125 g.
How many mL should be administered?
What is 7.5ml
Prepare 800 mL of a 7.5% solution using 12% and 5% solutions.
How many mL of each solution are required?
What is
A medication is labeled 1:250.
The pharmacy needs to prepare 100 mL of this preparation.
How many grams of medication are required?
What is 0.4g
A patient uses insulin U-100, and the prescription is written for 22 units once daily. The patient receives one 10-mL vial.
What is the maximum day supply, assuming the entire vial is usable and there is no additional wastage?
What is 45 days?
You need to prepare 600 mL of a 25% solution using 40% and 10% solutions.
How many mL of the 40% solution are needed?
What is 300ml
A patient is receiving 1,000 mL of IV fluid over 8 hours using tubing with a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL.
What is the infusion rate in mL/hr AND the drip rate in gtt/min?
What is 125 mL/hr and 31 gtt/min
A pharmacy needs to prepare 2,500 mL of a 2% solution using a 5% solution and a 1% solution.
How many mL of each solution are required?
What is 625 mL of 5% and 1,875 mL of 1%
A pharmacy compound contains 0.75 g of active ingredient in 300 mL.
Express the concentration as a ratio strength, written as 1:X.
What is 1:400
A patient is prescribed U-100 insulin with the following directions:
Inject 18 units every morning and 12 units every evening.
The pharmacy dispenses 2 boxes, each containing 5 pens, and each pen contains 3 mL.
What is 50 days
A patient receives 90 capsules with directions:
Take 1 capsule PO q8h for 10 days, then take 1 capsule PO BID thereafter.
How many capsules will the patient use during the first 30 days of therapy?
What is 70 capsules