Question

A client with a gastrointestinal bleed has been prescribed two units of packed red blood cells over three hours each, which the nurse will administer using a blood set with a drip factor of 10 gtts/mL. Each unit of packed cells is 300 mL. The nurse should set the transfusion at how many drops per minute?

Answer 1

42-rationale: each unit of packed rbcs contains 250 ml. each unit is to infuse over 1 hour (60 minutes).\r\\use the following equation:\r\\250 ml/60 minutes = 4.16 ml.\r\\multiply by the drip factor:\r\\4.16 ml 10 gtt = 41.6 gtt/minute (42