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This should be done before applying a medicated cream.
What is wash the affected area with soap and water and dry the area thoroughly?
This is the temperature Nystatin oral suspension should be stored at.
What is room temperature?
This is a person who can be a resource and will have information about medications, including adverse effects, recommended dosages, and drug incompatibilities.
A quantitative RNA assay which measures this, and is useful in monitoring HIV disease progression and treatment effectiveness.
What is viral load?
This often manifests as pruritus and urticaria and can progress to anaphylaxis.
What is an allergic reaction?
This should be a priority action due to the greatest risk to all patients and staff on the unit is infection from cross contamination. It is one of the most effective ways to prevent pathogen transmission and applies to every health care setting and is a consistent imperative during patient care.
What is performing hand hygiene frequently and consistently?
This should be when a patient should stop taking anti-infective medication.
When is when the prescribed treatment is completed?
Must finish the whole course, and not just stop when feeling well or "save" for possible future use.
Because this class of antibiotics can cause tendinitis and tendon rupture, patients should be instructed to to report tendon pain and inflammation.
What are fluoroquinolones?
This antibiotic is sensitive to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile infections.
What is vancomycin?
This class of medication is an effective treatment for herpes zoster especially if administered with in 24 hours of the erruption.
What is an antiviral?
Acyclovir is a prototype.
This antifungal medication is most commonly used to treat infections caused by Candida albicans.
What is fluconazole?
Patients should report tinnitus, dizziness, and vertigo when taking erythromycin due to this possible adverse effect.
What is ototoxicity?
This antiprotozoal medication treats giardiasis and trichomoniasis and it's most common adverse effects are headaches, nausea, dry mouth, and an unpleasant metallic taste (dysgeusia).
What is metronidazole?
A patient who has a suspected or documented history of severe allergy to penicillins may also have an allergy to these other class(s) of antibiotics that could result in anaphylaxis if given, and should withhold the dose and notify the provider if ordered.
What are cephalosporins?
Zidovudine must be used in patients already experiencing myelosuppression, and the must have a CBC performed every few weeks fore early detection of marrow failure because it can lead to this. Also this medication can also cause the same condition if is results in anemia (decreased red blood cells), agranulocytosis (decreased white blood cells), and thrombocytopenia (decreased platelets).
What is aplastic anemia?
Due to the disadvantage of this aminoglycoside having an association with nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity, both due to an elevated trough level, monitoring serum medication levels is an important action to minimize the risk of adverse effects.
What is gentamicin?
White patches that adhere to the inner cheeks, tongue, and palate that are painful and can cause patients to refuse to eat indicate this.
What is candidiasis (thrush)?
These lab tests should be assessed prior to initiating amphotericin B.
What are creatinine, BUN and GFR?
Due to it being nephrotoxic.
This is a unwanted effect of taking a broad-spectrum antibiotic?
This is when the CDC recommends starting therapy to prevent malaria.
What is 1-2 weeks?
This substance needs to be be taught to patients to avoid while taking metronidazole?
What is alcohol?
This medication is the primary medication given when an allergic reaction is occurring because it acts on adrenergic receptors, causing bronchodilation of the lungs and an elevation in blood pressure. By stimulating both alpha and beta adrenergic receptors to cause these effects, it accomplishes more of the goals of treatment of anaphylaxis than any other single therapy.
This is the herbal supplement one would expect a patient is taking if has increased liver enzymes.
What is Kava?
True of false? Prophylactic antibiotic therapy is not recommended for patient's who have a fever of unknown origin.
True.
Prophylactic antibiotics should be given to patients who have a prosthetic heart valve, hardware placed for orthopedic surgery before dental cleanings and "dirty" procedures, and for certain gynecological or abdominal surgeries.
True or false, once started on a medication to treat an infective process, it is okay to to to take a patient off isolation if in isolation?
False. Must remain in isolation until infection confirmed to be resolved, and timing of testing from resolution will be determined based on infective organization and medication.