Math and Dosage Calculations for Health Care 3rd Edition by James Whaley, Kathryn Booth, Booth Kathryn

Exercise 11

In Exercises 7, answer the multiple-choice questions. More than one answer may be correct.
The ordered dosage of a medication is 10 mg. The medication is mixed at a strength of 5 mg per milliliter. Using a 2.5-mL prefilled syringe, you should discard how much medication before administration?
a. 0.2 mL
b. 1 mL
c. 0.5 mL
d. 2 mL