An order is received in the institutional pharmacy for 1,000ml of Noram Saline with 7,500 units of Heparin.?
ramona c asked: The iv is to infuse at 45 ml per hour. If you are using a ‘ mini drip’ administration set with a drip factor of 60 gtts/ml, how many gtts/min will the iv need to infuse? How many units of Heparin will the patient receive per hour? per 24 hours? Is this [...]
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ramona c asked: The iv is to infuse at 45 ml per hour. If you are using a ‘ mini drip’ administration set with a drip factor of 60 gtts/ml, how many gtts/min will the iv need to infuse? How many units of Heparin will the patient receive per hour? per 24 hours? Is this safe dose of Heparin?
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#1. September 7th, 2008, at 1:47 AM.
to get the drip rate
60 gtts/ml * 45ml/hr = ml’s will cancel out each other
(60*45)gtts/hr = 2700 gtts/hr to get per minute -
2700gtts/hr / 60min/hr = hours cancel out
45 gtts/min
The second part of the question7500 unit Hep per 1000ml NS
set the problem up like this:
7500units/1000ml = Xunits/45ml
Cross multiply
1000X = 7500*45
X = (7500*45)/1000
X = 337.5 units of Heparin per hour
I don’t have my IV Therapy book with me to look up the safe does of Heparin, but the dose range that is safe will vary with the client’s weight