Antibiotics (Amoxil/Amoxicilin) for Pediatrics Ear Infection

Antibiotics, according to Pestotnik et al (1996), are a class of potent drugs used to treat bacterial, fungal, and parasitic diseases. Amoxicillin is commonly used to treat ear infections. Ear infections, like the common cold, are frequent among youngsters. Amoxicillin is a penicillin antibiotic that is used to treat germs.

Amoxicillin is used appropriately for ear infections.

Individuals with penicillin allergies should avoid taking Amoxicillin or any other penicillin antibiotic medicine. Patients should also speak out if they have asthma, liver disease, or kidney problems. The patients should be informed that Amoxicillin has the potential to make birth controls pills less effective. The patients with ear infection should take the medication for a full prescribed length of time. In some cases, the symptoms may improve before the infection is completely cleared. The patients are advised to refrain from sharing the medication with another person, even if they have the same symptoms. It is vital to note that antibiotic medicines l can cause diarrhea, which may be a sign of a new infection. In the event that the patients have a watery or bloody diarrhea, then they should stop taking the medication and seek doctor’s attention. They should not use antidiarrheal medicine unless it is a directive from the doctor.

Factors that may affects the efficacy of the medication (Amoxil/Amoxicilin)

Amoxicillin is stable in the presence of gastric acid though it is rapidly absorbed after oral administration. The duration between one dose to another may have the effects on the efficacy of the drug. Lastly food-drug interaction can affects the efficacy of Amoxicillin.

Chemical interactions, side effects and other negative reactions patients need to be aware of;

In children, they following side effects may be noticed; severe skin rash, trouble in breathing alongside wheezing or shortness of breath, swelling of face and tongue and lastly unusual tiredness or weakness. Adult may experience diarrhea.

Handling, storage, and disposal of the medication

It is important to keep the medicine in the container it came in. this container should tightly be closed and keep out of reach of the children. Store the Amoxicillin capsules and tablets at room temperature. Excess heat and moisture is bad for the medicine. Outdated medicine should be thrown away. The liquid medication preferably should be kept in the refrigerator. Unused medication should be thrown away after 14 days.

Part 2: Evidence-Based Practice

How the Information in the Tools Promotes Patient Safety and Quality Outcome

The primary objective of the healthcare team is to provide efficient healthcare services to the community to maintain productive and healthy life. Patients’ participation is important in the provision of holistic and practical care services. For out-patient healthcare service, patient education tools are vital to create safety and awareness for quality outcome. In other, the tools enlighten the patients on the utilization of medicine. The majority of the patients misuse the drugs due to lack of adequate information on when and how to use the drugs.

In regards to patients safety and quality outcome, the tools has strengthen that the patients should continue with the medication even after the signs and symptoms has been relived. Several cross-sectional studies have established that the majority of the patients stop the medication immediately they feel relived from the signs and the symptoms of the infection (Chow et al., 1991). There have been reoccurrence of the similar infection since the patients have the tendency to stop medication before they completely healed. According to the information dispensed from the tools, patients are advised to strictly follow the doctor’s prescription without discharging themselves from medication. They should not skip some days when they feel better and proceed with the medication when the infections reappear.

In reference to the information from the tools, patients should seek medical attention from the doctor in the event that there is watery diarrhea during the medication. Antibiotic may sometimes induced diarrhea. In such situation, they ate advised to desist from taking any anti-diarrhea medication and seek medical attention. Similarly, patients are urged to safely store their drugs in a dry place away from children. In addition to this, they should avoid exposing the drugs to excessive heat or water. Excessive heat may interfere with the chemical properties of medicine rendering them less effective for treatment. Lastly, they are urged to dispose unused drugs 14 days after. In some households, drugs are kept and inherited when other people in the family is diagnosed with a similar infection. The practice is in appropriate and the patients are encouraged to safely dispose the drugs 14 days. The idea behind disposing the drugs is to avoid consumption of expired drugs.

Principles and practice of cultural competence recognize health as a holistic. Cultural competence also involves the right to self-determination as well as the need for cultural understanding. In the formation from the tools is sensitive to various principles and practice of cultural competence. For instance, the tools provide a holistic approach to healthcare service. It explains what the allergic patients should do before medication. Similarly, simple and contemporary language is used in the information to ensure better understanding from the patients. It describes cultural and traditional food stuffs that the patients should avoid during medication. This is inevitable to give the patients better understanding of the facts and evidences.

References

Chow, J. W., Fine, M. J., Shlaes, D. M., Quinn, J. P., Hooper, D. C., Johnson, M. P. & Victor, L. Y. (1991). Enterobacter bacteremia: clinical features and emergence of antibiotic resistance during therapy. Annals of internal medicine, 115(8), 585-590.

Pestotnik, S. L., Classen, D. C., Evans, R. S., & Burke, J. P. (1996). Implementing antibiotic practice guidelines through computer-assisted decision support: clinical and financial outcomes. Annals of internal medicine, 124(10), 884-890.