Infusing rate is 25gtt/min , drop factor is 15gtt/mL. How much will the patient recieve from 7am to 3pm?

Answer 1

How many gtts in an ml?
The formula to calculate IV flow rate is:
V x gtt factor
T

V= hourly volume
T= minutes per hour
Gtt factor = drop factor of the tubing used. This number is found on the IV tubing package. Standard drop factors are 10 gtts/mL, 15 gtts/mL, 20 gtts/mL, and 60 gtts/mL.
60 gtts/mL is also called minidrip tubing.

Example #1
The physician orders 1L of NS to infuse at 125 mL/h. The drop factor on the tubing is 10gtts/mL.

V X gtt factor
T
125 mL x 10 gtts =125 x 10 gtts
60 min mL 60 min

= 1250 gtts
60 min

= 20.83gtts
min

Notice the mL on the top cancels the mL on the bottom leaving the answer in drops per minute.
Drops per minute are always expressed in whole numbers. Following the rules of rounding, round to the nearest whole number:

=21 gtts/min

Answer 2

7am-3pm = 8 hours = 480 minutes
25gtt/min x 480minutes = 12,000 gtts
12,000gtts/15gtt per mL = 800mL
therefore, 800mL from 7am to 3pm

Answer 3

havent done the actual conversions in a while but im pretty sure this is right.

25 drops in min multiple by 60 for hourly rate = 1500gtt
then multiple times 8 for the total amount of hours = 12000gtt/8hrs
then if 15 drops = 1ml divide 12000 by 15
total volume for 8 hrs is 800ml

Answer 4

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Answer 5

25gtt: Xml = 15gtt: 1 ml

25gtt = 1.67ml / min

1.67 x 60min = 100.2 ml/hr

8 hours x 100.2 ml = 801.6ml or 802 ml

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Answer 6

800 mls.......