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The physician has ordered Tagamet (cimetidine) 300 mg in 50 mL D5W over 30 minutes with a drop factor of 10 gtt/mL. What is the correct IV flow rate in gtt/min?
 
  A) 16
  B) 17
  C) 50
  D) 100

Question 2

The physician has ordered clindamycin (Cleocin phosphate) 900 mg in 75 mL over 30 minutes with a drop factor of 15 gtt/mL. What is the correct IV flow rate in gtt/min?
 
  A) 37
  B) 38
  C) 75
  D) 150



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

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