Calculate the amount you will prepare for each dose. A prescriber orders 2,000,000 units penicillin intramuscularly.  In stock is a vial containing 5,000,000 units penicillin.  On the label of this vial is the instruction to add 16.4 mL sterile water so that the concentration will be 250,000 units/mL.  How many milliliters should be administered?

What will be an ideal response?

8 mL

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