Answer:
107.14 ml of 70% dextrose and 392.86 ml of sterile water should be used.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since a label prints in the pediatric pharmacy satellite for 500 mL of dextrose 15% solution, but this concentration is not available commercially and needs to be compounded, and available in your pharmacy, you have a 1 L bag of sterile water and a 1 L bag of dextrose 70% available to compound the solution, to determine how many mLs of each are needed to make the requested solution, the following calculation must be performed:
500 x 0.15 = 75
100 x 0.70 = 70
A x 0.70 = 75
A = 75 / 0.70
A = 107.14
Therefore, 107.14 ml of 70% dextrose and 392.86 ml of sterile water should be used.
