Calculating Iv Drip Rates Formula. Iv drip rate 1500 ml 16 gtts ml 12 hours 60 33 gtts per minute. Step by step solution. To calculate the drops per minute the drop factor is needed. The giving set delivers 20 drops ml.
Volume ml time min x drop. X amount rsolutionunit2. Formula to calculate drip rate. V volume 100 milliliter 100 milliliter. Whenever you re administering intravenous iv infusions you need to know the flow rate infusion time and total volume. A drip is a small individual drop of a liquid.
100 ml x ml.
The infusion set is calibrated for a drop factor of 15 gtts ml. The formula for calculating the iv flow rate drip rate is total volume in ml divided by time in min multiplied by the drop factor in gtts ml which equals the iv flow rate in gtts min. Fortunately calculating any one of these three variables is easy to do when you know the other two variables. Total number of ml x ml. Volume ml time min x drop factor gtts ml y flow rate in gtts min example. 30 min 60 min.