Will's previous medical history is unremarkable except for having had a minor skin rash two years ago after being treated with amoxicillin for a sore throat.
The Therapeutic Guidelines recommend
amoxicillin 15 mg/kg up to 500 mg orally, 8-hourly for 5 days.
Will’s mother asks you, the practice nurse, whether it’s safe for Will to use the amoxicillin. What do you say and why?
Taking antibiotics within the therapeutic guidelines is safe.The previous history clearly shows the patient had allergic to amoxicillin antibiotic.So as a nurse should inform physician and get other non penicillin antibiotic.Inform the patient mother not to take amoxicillin.It is not safe and give other alternative antibiotic under physician advice.
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