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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