Question

A client with a gram-positive bacterial skin infection is receiving daptomycin 500 mg IV every 24 hours. The pharmacy delivers a secondary infusion of 0.9% Sodium Chloride with daptomycin 500 mg/100 mL to be infused in 30 minutes. How many mL/hour should the nurse program the infusion pump? (Enter the numerical value only.)

Answer 1

To deliver a 100 mL infusion of daptomycin over 30 minutes, the infusion pump should be programmed to 200 mL/hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves calculating the infusion rate for daptomycin 500 mg to be infused over 30 minutes using a solution of 0.9% Sodium Chloride. The pharmacy delivers the medication in a 100 mL volume, so the nurse needs to determine how much volume (in mL) should be infused every hour to administer the drug as prescribed.

To set the infusion pump correctly, the nurse needs to administer the 100 mL over the course of 30 minutes. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, the maximum rate for one hour would be double the volume to be infused in 30 minutes. Therefore, the pump should be set to 200 mL/hour to infuse 100 mL over 30 minutes.