If a prescription states to give 5 ml every 6 hours, how much medication is dispensed for 24 hours?

To determine the total amount of medication dispensed in 24 hours when the prescription indicates a dosage of 5 ml every 6 hours, it’s essential to calculate how many doses are administered within that time frame.

First, consider that there are 24 hours in a day. If the medication is given every 6 hours, you can calculate the number of doses by dividing the total hours by the dosing interval:

24 hours ÷ 6 hours/dose = 4 doses.

Next, since each dose is 5 ml, multiply the number of doses by the amount dispensed per dose:

4 doses × 5 ml/dose = 20 ml.

However, it appears that there was a calculation error in obtaining the total for the entire day. The correct way to calculate is by considering that the prompt requires the total amount dispensed over 24 hours, which would actually mean looking more specifically at how the doses stack up and confirming that there are indeed 4 doses in one day.

Taking this method into account and combining everything accurately shows that:

20 ml is indeed the total amount administered for 24 hours if considering how many times the 5 ml doses fulfill that daily demand.

This approach confirms the accuracy of the total calculated per the