* A lubricant. Zinc Stearate is a zinc soap known for repelling water, and is used in the cosmetics and personal care industries as a lubricant. It is an insoluble salt made of commercial stearic acid, a mild fatty acid used as an emollient and lubricant, and is often combined with zinc oxide.
Calculating Intermittent IV Push Rate â¢ Use 1 mL syringe to draw up 0.75 mL of Ativan 4 mg per mL â¢ Infuse via IV push at rate of 0.13 mL every 15 seconds for total of 1 minutes 12. Copyright Â© 2011 Delmar, Cengage Learning. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Calculating IV Flow Rate 1. Think â Controller set by rate of mL per hour â If 50 mL is to be infused in 30 minutes: â¢ 100 mL will be infused in 60 minutes â¢ Set rate of controller at 100 mL per hour to infuse 50 mL in 30 minutes. Copyright Â© 2011 Delmar, Cengage Learning.
This is where we measure the speed of a manual IV setup; we look at this chamber and count the number of drops we see per minute. So, for example, if we count 25 drops over the period of 60 seconds, we would say that the IV is infusing at a rate of 25 drops per minute, or 25 gtt/min.