Order: 500 mL at 50 mL over 1 hour. The infusion started at 7 am.

Question

What time will the infusion end? Show all work

Answer 1

To find out when the infusion will end, we need to calculate the total time it will take to infuse 500 mL at a rate of 50 mL per hour.

First, we need to divide the total volume (500 mL) by the infusion rate (50 mL/hour) to find out how many hours it will take: 500 mL / 50 mL/hour = 10 hours.

Next, we need to convert the hours to minutes since we know the rate is in mL per hour: 10 hours x 60 minutes/hour = 600 minutes.

Now we need to determine the start time of the infusion. We are told that the infusion started at 7 am.

To calculate the end time, we need to add the total infusion time (600 minutes) to the start time (7 am):

7 am + 600 minutes = 13 pm.

Therefore, the infusion will end at 1 pm.