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Order: 2000mL of NS to be administered over 12 hours. Tubing label states Drop factor: 15gtt/mL....

Order: 2000mL of NS to be administered over 12 hours. Tubing label states Drop factor: 15gtt/mL. The pump will be set to deliver how many mL per hour ?

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For ml/hour calculation we do not need drop factor.

So only useful data here is total volume of NS and over how many hours.

So, 2000 ml of NS to be administered over 12 hours.

So, 2000/12 = 166.6 ml ~167 ml.

167 ml/hour should be delivered by pump.

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