patka07
Warszawa 15 months ago
Good morning. While preparing an antibiotic for a 1.5-year-old child, I added too much water to the powder and the volume of suspension went above the mark. In such a situation, is the antibiotic suitable for throwing away, or is it not a big exceedance and I can give it to the child? The dose is 3ml (2x a day) Antibiotic: Amoksiklav es I insert a photo - the red line is the desired level, and the blue one is the volume that came out to me
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Barbara Kołodziejska Pharmacist
15 months ago
If the preparation of the antibiotic was done as recommended - i.e. using boiled, cooled water, it will be possible to use it further. The amount is exceeded slightly, so it should not have a great impact on the effectiveness of therapy, but the best solution in this situation would be to adjust the amount of suspension that the child will receive. This can be done easily: with a measuring syringe (the one that will be given antibiotic to the child) measure the excess amount of suspension (so that the level in the bottle does not exceed the marked line) and read the amount of ml from the syringe. From what I see, the bottle in the picture should have a volume of 50 ml. So you have to add to this value the amount of ml from the syringe - for example, let's give 5 ml - which gives us 55 ml. Then, calculate the dose, you can do it using an easy ratio: 50 ml - 3 ml 55 ml - x ml x= (55x3)/50= 3.3 ml This volume of suspension will have to be administered each time if there is 5 ml more in the bottle Of course, if the excess amount is larger / smaller, you need to substitute the appropriate value instead of 55. If you have any questions or concerns, please write. The total range of the measuring syringe is from 0.5 to 5 ml. Each black print means 0.1 ml.