Question

The doctor writes an order to infuse a solution. the order reads: "infuse 500 ml bag at 20 gtt/min." the drop factor is 10 gtt/ml. you start the infusion at 05:00. at what time will the infusion be complete?

Answer 1

To determine when a 500 ml IV bag set to infuse at 20 gtt/min with a drop factor of 10 gtt/ml will be complete, calculate the total drops, divide by the infusion rate to find the time in minutes, and add it to the start time. The infusion will complete at approximately 09:10 AM.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the completion time for the infusion of a 500 ml bag at a rate of 20 gtt/min, with a drop factor of 10 gtt/ml, we follow these steps:

1. Determine the total number of drops in the 500 ml bag. Since the drop factor is 10 gtt/ml, we multiply 500 ml by 10 gtt/ml to get 5000 total drops.
2. Next, we calculate how many minutes it will take to infuse the total drops at the rate of 20 gtt/min. We divide the total drops (5000) by the drop rate (20 gtt/min) to find that it will take 250 minutes.
3. Finally, we add those 250 minutes to the start time of 05:00 to find the completion time. Starting from 5 AM, after 250 minutes (which is 4 hours and 10 minutes), the infusion will be complete at approximately 09:10 AM.