Question

the attending physician prescribes tazidime 0.3g, given 3 times a day intramuscularly. according to instructions, 1.5 ml of diluent must be added and shaken to dissolve for the intramuscular solution to provide an approximate volume of 1.8 ml. How many ml must be prepared?

Answer 1

To prepare the correct dosage of tazidime prescribed as 0.3g three times a day with each dose having a volume of 1.8 ml, we need to prepare a total of 5.4 ml of medication each day.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves the preparation of an intramuscular medication dosage, which is a task typically associated with the field of pharmacy or nursing within the medical profession. Since the physician has prescribed tazidime 0.3g to be administered three times a day and the final volume after reconstitution with diluent is 1.8 ml, we need to calculate the total volume of medication to be prepared daily.

To find the total volume, we multiply the number of doses per day by the volume of each dose. As the medication is to be given three times a day, we have:

• Volume per dose = 1.8 ml
• Number of doses per day = 3
• Total daily volume = Volume per dose × Number of doses per day

Therefore:

Total daily volume = 1.8 ml × 3 = 5.4 ml