Reconstitution Med Math Practice

The doctor's order says: Vancomycin 2,000 mcg IV. The instructions on the vial of Vancomycin says to reconstitute with sterile water for a concentration of 2mg/ml then to dilute each 2 mg in 75 ml of sterile Normal Sale. How many milliliters should you use to administer the ordered dose?

75ml/dose

A vial of Doxil reads 0.5 g per vial. Instructions say to reconstitute each 12 mg with 2.5 ml of normal saline. How many milliliters of normal saline will be needed to reconstitute the vial to the recommended concentration?

104.2ml/vial

The doctor orders Acyclovir 1,000 mcg IV. The instructions on the vial say to reconstitute with sterile water for a concentration of 0.5 mg/ml and to dilute 1 mg in 50 ml of normal saline. How many milliliters will you administer per dose?

50 ml/dose

Instructions on a vial of 1 g Doxil instructs to reconstitute with normal saline to make a concentration of 1 mg/ml. After reconstituting two vials, you would administer ___________ milliliters of the reconstituted drug to administer 500 mg ordered dose.

500 ml/dose

Instructions on a 2.5 g vial of Diuril reads to reconstitute with 20 ml of sterile water. This will provide a concentration of _________ mg/ml.

125 mg/ml

The doctor orders Cardizem 25 mg IV. The instructions say 50 mg of Cardizem to reconstitute with normal saline for a solution of 2.5 mg/ml. How many mL are needed to achieve this ordered dose?

10 mL

The doctor orders Pepcid 10 mg by mouth three times a day. Instructions on the 0.25 g container say to reconstitute with water to make a concentration of 0.5 g/3ml. You would administer _________ milliliters per dose.

0.06 mL/dose

The doctor orders Cardizem 75 mg IV. Instructions on the 50 mg vial say to reconstitute with sterile water to prepare a solution of 10 mg/2ml. You prepare 2.5 vials, how many milliliters will be needed to prepare the prescribe dose?

15 ml/dose

The doctor orders Vancomycin 1 g. Instructions on the vial say to reconstitute with water for a concentration of 100 mg/3ml. How many milliliters will make this ordered dose?

30 ml/dose

The doctor orders Penicillin 2.5 g. Instructions on the 5 g vial say to reconstitute with 250 ml of normal saline. How many milliliters will prepare the ordered amount?

125 ml/dose