Question

Order: Cleocin 150 mg IM every 12 h Available:Cleocin 300 mg per 2 mLHow many mL are needed for each dose?

Answer 1

To answer this question, we need to find the milliliters we need for 150mg of a product, and we can use the cross multiply to find that value. We can proceed as follows:

We have the following proportion:

`(300mg)/(2ml)=(150mg)/(Xml)`

And using cross multiply, we have:

And we have:

`300mg*Xml=2mL*150mg`

And now, to solve for X, we can divide both sides by 300mg as follows:

`\begin{gathered} (300mg*Xml)/(300mg)=(2ml*150mg)/(300mg) \\ \\ Xml=(2*150)/(300)*ml*(mg)/(mg) \\ \\ Xml=(300)/(300)ml \\ \\ Xml=1ml \end{gathered}`

That is, in summary, we need 1 milliliter of the medication to follow the dose.