Order Give medication X 30000 U po Available Medication X 10

Order: Give medication X 30,000 U po. Available: Medication X 100,000 units/3mL. How many mL will be given?

Solution

Required Medication is 30,000 units.

but the medication is available in 100,000 units/3ml.

so for 1ml the number of units is 100,000 / 3 = 33333.33units.

so if 1ml contain 33333.33 units then 30000 units will consist by 30000 / 33333.33 = 0.9ml.

so the patient need 0.9ml of medication.