A healthcare provider prescribes one 250 mg capsule of amoxicillin to be administered tid for 5 days to a client.
Calculate the number of capsules of amoxicillin required for 5 days.

This numeric form is appropriate, according to the Joint Commission, because it does not use a trailing zero after a decimal point, which is a common cause of medication errors and should be avoided. A trailing zero may be misread or misinterpreted as a larger dose or omited altogether, resulting in a 10-fold overdose or underdose, respectively. For example, when prescriptions have been writen for "Coumadin 1.0 mg," patients have received 10 mg in error¹². Therefore, the Joint Commission requires that a trailing zero may be used only when required to demonstrate the level of precision of the value being reported, such as for laboratory results, imaging studies that report the size of lesions, or catheter/tube sizes. It may not be used in medication orders or other medication-related documentation.

The other options are not appropriate numeric forms because:

a) 3.0 uses a trailing zero after a decimal point, which poses a risk of confusion or error.

b) 0.30 uses a trailing zero after a decimal point, which poses a risk of confusion or error.

c) 0.03 is not equivalent to 0.3, as it is 10 times smaller.

To answer this question, we need to calculate the infusion rate in mL per hour, then multiply it by the total time in hours, and finally divide it by 1000 to get the volume in litres.

The infusion rate in mL per hour is the amount of fluid that is given to a patient over a period of time. It can be calculated by dividing the total volume of fluid in mL by the total time in hours². In this case, the infusion rate is:

2.75 mL/min × 60 min/h = 165 mL/h

The total volume of fluid in mL is the infusion rate multiplied by the total time in hours. In this case, the total volume is:

165 mL/h × 7 h = 1155 mL

The volume in litres is the volume in mL divided by 1000. In this case, the volume in litres is:

1155 mL / 1000 = 1.16 L

Therefore, the correct answer is d. 1.16 L.