Question

A physician ordered 1000ml of Iv solution to run over a 24 hour period. The drop factor of the iv tubing is 10gtts/ml. You would infuse

Answer 1

How do you calculate IV drop factor?

If you simply need to figure out the mL per hour to infuse, take the total volume in mL, divided by the total time in hours, to equal the mL per hour. For example, if you have 1,000 mL NS to infuse over 8 hours, take 1,000 divided by 8, to equal 125 mL/hr. To calculate the drops per minute, the drop factor is needed.