Order: Vancomycin 12 mg/kg IV every 8 hours for an 11 year oldchild with a staph infection.
Supply: Vancomycin 500 mg vial to bereconstituted with 10 mL of sterile water. The child weighs 77lb.
How many ml will you draw from thevial after reconstitution? _____________________
Order: Duricef oral solution 30 mg/kg PO bid for a 7 year oldchild with tonsillitis. The bottle of medication is labeled 250 mgper 5 mL. The child weighs 44 lb.
How many mL will you give?__________________
Order: Fragmin 80 units/kg SQ every 12 hours for unstableangina. The available dose is 10,000 units per mL.
The patient weighs 140 lb
How many mL will you give?_____________________
