Calculate the amount to administer and choose the correctly marked syringe: syringe _______________.
Ordered: Heparin sodium 3,000 units deep subcut q8h
On hand: Heparin 10,000 units/mL

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H = 10,000; Q = 1 mL; D = 3,000 units
 11eeb0a8_7363_aadd_be9b_8ded4df9e242_TB10476_00 A = 0.3 * 1 mL 
A = 0.3 mL
The ordered dose is three tenths of the dose on hand and 0.3 mL is three tenths of the quantity on hand, so the answer is reasonable. Syringe B is correctly marked to deliver 0.3 mL.

Calculate the Amount to Administer and Choose the Correctly Marked