You are preparing a dosage of Rocephin/Ceftriaxone for your…
You are preparing a dosage of Rocephin/Ceftriaxone for your pediatric patient. They have a severe upper respiratory infection. The child weighs 22kg. The medication is to be given IM and you have to reconstitute it with 10 ML of sterile water. Making what you have on hand is 1gram in 10ML. The order is for 50mg/kg/day. The order states the medication should be given in equally divided doses every 12 hours. How many ML’s will you prepare per dose? Round to the nearest 10th.