Case Study Interpreting, Processing, and Preparing to Compound an IV Admixture Order Mr. Smith, who is a patient on the surgical unit, is suffering from a bacterial wound infection. He has been prescribed sodium chloride 0.9% continuous IV and 2 g of cloxacillin IV in a 50-mL MiniBag of D5W to be administered every 8 hours. The cloxacillin IV is to be infused over 30 minutes. Your pharmacy caries 2-g vials of cloxacillin powder requiring the addition of 6.5 mL of sterile water for injection for reconstitution, yielding a final volume of 8 mL stock solution. What is the first thing you would do after receiving this order? (Napra 3.1) What would be the concentration of cloxacillin per millilitre of stock solution? (Napra 3.1) What is the volume of the cloxacillin powder? (Napra 3.1) What would be the concentration of cloxacillin per millilitre in the MiniBag of D5W? (Napra 3.1) How many MiniBags would you send to the surgical unit to cover 24 hours of treatment? (Napra 3.1)
Case Study Interpreting, Processing, and Preparing to Compound an IV Admixture Order Mr. Smith, who is a patient on the surgical unit, is suffering from a bacterial wound infection. He has been prescribed sodium chloride 0.9% continuous IV and 2 g of cloxacillin IV in a 50-mL MiniBag of D5W to be administered every 8 hours. The cloxacillin IV is to be infused over 30 minutes. Your pharmacy caries 2-g vials of cloxacillin powder requiring the addition of 6.5 mL of sterile water for injection for reconstitution, yielding a final volume of 8 mL stock solution. What is the first thing you would do after receiving this order? (Napra 3.1) What would be the concentration of cloxacillin per millilitre of stock solution? (Napra 3.1) What is the volume of the cloxacillin powder? (Napra 3.1) What would be the concentration of cloxacillin per millilitre in the MiniBag of D5W? (Napra 3.1) How many MiniBags would you send to the surgical unit to cover 24 hours of treatment? (Napra 3.1)
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Case Study Interpreting, Processing, and Preparing to Compound an IV Admixture Order
Mr. Smith, who is a patient on the surgical unit, is suffering from a bacterial wound infection. He has been prescribed sodium chloride 0.9% continuous IV and 2 g of cloxacillin IV in a 50-mL MiniBag of D5W to be administered every 8 hours. The cloxacillin IV is to be infused over 30 minutes. Your pharmacy caries 2-g vials of cloxacillin powder requiring the addition of 6.5 mL of sterile water for injection for reconstitution, yielding a final volume of 8 mL stock solution.
- What is the first thing you would do after receiving this order? (Napra 3.1)
- What would be the concentration of cloxacillin per millilitre of stock solution? (Napra 3.1)
- What is the volume of the cloxacillin powder? (Napra 3.1)
- What would be the concentration of cloxacillin per millilitre in the MiniBag of D5W? (Napra 3.1)
- How many MiniBags would you send to the surgical unit to cover 24 hours of treatment? (Napra 3.1)
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