A patient needs a total dose of 50 grams of albumin. The pharmacy has 50ml bottles of Albumin 25% in stock. How many bottles should pharmacy tech prepare to provide required dose?
A.1 bottles
B.2 bottles
C.3 bottles
D.4 bottles
if the density if very similar to water, then there are 12.5 grams per bottle. What is 4 x 12.5?
To determine how many bottles the pharmacy technician should prepare, we need to first calculate the total volume of albumin required.
Given:
Dose of albumin required = 50 grams
Stock concentration of albumin = 25% (meaning 25g of albumin per 100ml)
Stock volume of albumin = 50ml per bottle
1. Convert the total dose of albumin required from grams to milliliters. We can use the stock concentration to do this conversion. Since the stock concentration is given as 25g of albumin in 100ml, we can set up a proportion:
(50 grams) / (25 grams) = (x milliliters) / (100 milliliters)
Cross-multiplying and solving for x:
x = (50 grams * 100 milliliters) / 25 grams
x = 200 milliliters
2. Divide the total volume required by the stock volume per bottle to find the number of bottles needed:
Number of bottles = (total volume required) / (stock volume per bottle)
Number of bottles = 200 milliliters / 50 milliliters per bottle
Number of bottles = 4 bottles
Therefore, the pharmacy technician should prepare 4 bottles of Albumin 25% to provide the required dose. The correct answer is D. 4 bottles.