HEAL 105 DRUG CALCULATION
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HEAL-105 DRUG CALCULATIONS
Assignment 7 Student Name:
RECONSTITUTING DRY POWDERS WITH SPECIAL MIXING INSTRUCTIONS
1. A 5 mL vial of dry drug is labeled 500 mg. Mixing instructions are:
Add 2.8 mL to provide 500 mg/3 mL
Add 3.8 mL to provide 500 mg/4 mL
Add 4.8 mL to provide 500 mg/5 mL
The order is 100 mg. Calculate the dosage for all three sets of instructions.
100 mg 3 mL
× = 0.6mL
1 5 00 mg
Strong: Add: 2.8mL Give: 0.6mL Label: 100mg/0.6ml
100 mg 4 mL
× =0.8 mL
1 500 mg
Medium: Add: 3.8mL Give: 0.8mL Label: 100mg/0.8mL
100 mg 5 mL
× =1mL
1 500 mg
Weak: Add: 4.8mL Give: 1mL Label: 100mg/1mL
Assign. 7 continued Student Name:
2. The order is 0.25 G. Mixing instructions are:
Add 2.8 mL to provide 500 mg/3 mL
Add 3.8 mL to provide 500 mg/4 mL
Add 4.8 mL to provide 500 mg/5 mL
Calculate the dosage for all three sets of instructions.
0.25 g
∗1000 m g
1 3 mL
× =1.5 mL
1g 500 mg
Strong: Add: 2.8mL Give: 1.5mL Label: 0.25g/1.5mL
0.25 g
∗1000 mg
1 4 mL
× =2 mL
1g 500 mg
Medium: Add: 3.8mL Give: 2mL Label: 0.25g/2mL
0.25 g
∗1000 mg
1 5 mL
× =2.5 mL
1g 500 mg
Weak: Add: 4.8mL Give: 2.5mL Label: 0.25g/2.5mL
Assign. 7 continued Student Name:
3. A 2 mL vial of dry drug is labeled 0.5 g. Mixing instructions are:
Add 0.8 mL will provide 0.5 g/1 mL
Add 1.3 mL will provide 0.5 g/1.5 mL
Add 1.8 mL will provide 0.5 g/2 mL
The order is 200 mg. If you added 1.8 milliliters of liquid to the vial,
200 m g
∗1 g
1 2 mL
× =0.8 mL
1 000 m g 0.5 g
a) What is the total volume? = 2mL
b) What is the dosage? = 0.8mL
c) What do you write on the label? = 200mg/0.8mL
4. The ticket reads 1.5 gr to be mixed at the weakest strength. The mixing instructions
are:
Add 0.8 mL will provide 0.4 g /1 mL
Add 1.3 mL will provide 0.4 g /1.5 mL
Add 1.8 mL will provide 0.4 g /2 mL
1.5 g r
∗1 g
1 2mL
× =0.5 mL
15gr 0.4 g
Add: 1.8mL
Give: 0.5mL
Label: 1.5gr/0.5mL
