Philips MP20/30 Manuale Utente

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Drug mixtures for intravenous (IV) drug infusions combine information on drug dose, rate, amount, 
volume, concentration, and standardized rate. The Drug Calculator helps you to manage infusions by 
calculating one of these values at a time. 

*Be aware that your hospital may use either ‘

µ

g’ or ‘mcg’ as an abbreviation for microgram. These 

abbreviations are equivalent.

Before you administer any drug, always check that the correct calculation units and patient category are 
selected. Consult your pharmacy if you have questions.

Decisions on the choice and dosage of drugs administered to patients must always be made by the 
physician in charge. The Drug Calculator performs calculations based on the values input during use, 
it does not check the plausibility of the calculations performed.

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To access the Drug Calculator, select 

 -> 

 -> 

 

, or select the 

 SmartKey, if 

configured. 

total quantity of drug to be delivered to the 
patient over time

amount units per time or per kg/
time, if the drug is weight-dependent

volume of the mixture to be delivered to the 
patient over time 

ml/hour

amount of drug to be added to diluent to 
make up a mixture

ng, mcg*, mg, g, mUnit, Unit, where 
g stands for gram 

quantity of mixture of diluent and drug 

ml

ratio of the amount of drug to the solution 
volume 

amount units per ml

1ml volume of the mixture to be delivered to 
the patient per hour

ml/hr