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Order: D5W 500 mL IV at 30 gtt/min Drop factor: 20 gtt/mL Time:_________h and ____min

Order: D5W 500 mL IV at 30 gtt/min

Drop factor: 20 gtt/mL

Time:_________h and ____min

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Order dose - D5W 500 mL IV at 30 gtt/min

Drop factor 20 gtt/ml

That means we are administering D5W at 1.5 ml per minute...

Total time needed to complete the infusion of D5W

500ml = 1.5ml/min = 333min

I.e 5 hours and 33 minutes.

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