Question

1000 mL of D5W is ordered to be infused over 5 hours. The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL. How many gtt/min should be given to infuse the 1000 mL over 5 hours?

Answer 1

Answer:

flow rate of to infuse the 1000 mL over 5 hours is 33.33 gtt/min

Step-by-step explanation:

Given data

volume = 1000 mL

time =  5 hours

drop factor = 10 gtt/min

to find out

flow rate of to infuse the 1000 mL over 5 hours

Solution

we know flow rate formula  i.e.

flow rate =  ( volume × drop factor )  / time   .................1

here time will be in min so time =  5 hours = 5  × 60 = 300 min

put volume, drop factor and time value in equation 1 and we get flow rate

flow rate =  ( volume × drop factor )  / time

flow rate =  ( 1000 × 10 )  / 300

flow rate = 33.33 gtt/min

flow rate of to infuse the 1000 mL over 5 hours is 33.33 gtt/min