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1. Antibiotic bone head question

   rmn replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

   Mixing a bottle of ceflex with non-specific instructions for adding '60mls of water and shake mixture' It's an organic psychy placement in UK. They dont have any other procedure files relating to mixing meds. Unable to access anything on KA24 as ye...

2. reconstitute antibiotics

   rmn replied to rmn's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all your help and sound advice. It confirms what I thought was correct but I will be checking with pharmacy as this Trust has no policy covering reconstitution. I also doesn't have a policy for the safe disposal of medication that has bee...

3. reconstitute antibiotics

   rmn replied to rmn's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks...I'll take that as 'sterile water is used to reconstitute 'bottles' of Cephelexin. And No the bottle 'just' says reconstitute using 60mls of water. What is the problem with you qualified staff? Can't give a straight answer to a straight and...

4. reconstitute antibiotics

   rmn replied to rmn's topic in General Nursing

   This was for oral suspension. The bottles in the stock cupboards all just say water. Obviously I would have gathered that IM water was the sterile water in ampuoles for injections. It was out of hours for pharmacy otherwise I would have called the...

5. Nurses pay

   rmn replied to ChristineG's topic in General Nursing

   I work in Kent, England. Our wages for qualified/registered nurses starts at around £15K and rises to £23k for an experienced nurse. That's basic, we get enhancements for shift work. I work 30 hours a week over four days, covering some weekends. ...

6. reconstitute antibiotics

   rmn posted a topic in General Nursing

   Can anyone advise me? When reconstituting cephelexin ( or any powder antibiotic) using WATER, does it mean ordinary tap water, sterilised or what? I'm a first year student getting real grief for just asking the staff nurse on my current placement! ...

7. Antibiotic bone head question

   rmn replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

   Your prob was way over my head. Three months into training and the Staff Nurse on my current ward was so unhelpful yesterday when I ask what type of water I should use to reconstitute a bottle of cephelexin that she refused to just advise me and ins...