The patient has Levaquin 500 mg ordered once daily. The Levaquin is available in 100 mL of NS and should infuse over 1 hour. Using tubing with a 60 gtt/mL drop factor, how many drops per minute should the Levaquin be infused?

Flow rate gtt/min=Volume (mL)​Time min×Drop factor (gtt/mL) Given: Volume = 100 mL (Levaquin in 100 mL of NS) Time = 1 hour = 60 minutes Dropfactor=60gtt/mLtubingdropfactor Step 1: Calculate the flow rate: Flow rate=100 mL60 min×60 gtt/mL Flow rate=1×60=60 gtt/min Answer: 60 drops per minute