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Your patient is to receive an intramuscular antibiotic, Codexin. The physician ordered 1.5 grams every 8 hours. The patient weighs 210 pounds. The medication is provided in a 10 gram multidose vial that requires reconstitution. Reconstitution directions indicate, "Add 4.5 ml Normal Saline yielding approximately 5 ml after reconstitution. The medication insert indicates, "The safe range of the medication is 35 mg/kg/day to 60 mg/kg/day in equal doses every 8 hours." If the dose is safe, what volume (ml) will you administer? Round to the nearest hundredths place. If the dose is not safe, enter 0.

Your patient is to receive an intramuscular antibiotic, Codexin. The physician ordered 1.5 grams every 8 hours. The patient weighs 210 pounds. The medication is provided in a 10 gram multidose vial that requires reconstitution. Reconstitution directions indicate, "Add 4.5 ml Normal Saline yielding approximately 5 ml after reconstitution. The medication insert indicates, "The safe range of the medication is 35 mg/kg/day to 60 mg/kg/day in equal doses every 8 hours." If the dose is safe, what volume (ml) will you administer? Round to the nearest hundredths place. If the dose is not safe, enter 0.

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Your patient is to receive an intramuscular antibiotic, Codexin. The physician ordered 1.5 grams every 8 hours. The patient weighs 210 pounds. The medication is provided in a 10 gram multidose vial that requires reconstitution. Reconstitution directions indicate, "Add 4.5 ml Normal Saline yielding approximately 5 ml after reconstitution. The medication insert indicates, "The safe range of the medication is 35 mg/kg/day to 60 mg/kg/day in equal doses every 8 hours." If the dose is safe, what volume (ml) will you administer? Round to the nearest hundredths place. If the dose is not safe, enter 0. 245
Transcribed Image Text:Your patient is to receive an intramuscular antibiotic, Codexin. The physician ordered 1.5 grams every 8 hours. The patient weighs 210 pounds. The medication is provided in a 10 gram multidose vial that requires reconstitution. Reconstitution directions indicate, "Add 4.5 ml Normal Saline yielding approximately 5 ml after reconstitution. The medication insert indicates, "The safe range of the medication is 35 mg/kg/day to 60 mg/kg/day in equal doses every 8 hours." If the dose is safe, what volume (ml) will you administer? Round to the nearest hundredths place. If the dose is not safe, enter 0. 245
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