A client is prescribed basiliximab 20 mg IV before surgery, available in a 20 mg vial reconstituted with 5 ml. How many ml/hour should the infusion pump be set to?

To determine how many ml/hour the infusion pump should be set to for the administration of basiliximab, we first need to calculate the infusion rate required to deliver the prescribed dose.

The total volume of basiliximab available after reconstitution is 5 ml (from the 20 mg vial). The infusion must deliver the entire 5 ml volume of medication over a specified time, which is typically best measured in minutes or directly provided in the question context. However, since the question does not state a specific duration for the infusion, we generally treat it as continuing until completion.

If we assume that the medication is to be infused over 1 hour (this is a common duration for many infusions unless specified otherwise), the calculation would be:

[

\text{Rate (ml/hour)} = \frac{\text{Total volume (ml)}}{\text{Time (hour)}}

]

[

\text{Rate (ml/hour)} = \frac{5 \text{ ml}}{1 \text{ hour}} = 5 \text{ ml/hour}

]

Since the calculation seems too low for standard infusion rates (and without an exact time for the infusion, we might consider a reasonable scenario for these kinds of