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Cloxacillin: Uses, Effects, and Care

Cloxacillin is a penicillin-resistant penicillin antibiotic used to treat bone and joint infections. It works by inhibiting cell wall synthesis in bacteria, disrupting the cell wall and causing cell lysis and death. Common side effects are rare. Nursing considerations include performing skin testing prior to administration to prevent anaphylactic shock, slowly administering the IV drug to prevent phlebitis, explaining the treatment duration to the patient, and monitoring for signs of infection resolution or worsening.

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Cloxacillin: Uses, Effects, and Care

Cloxacillin is a penicillin-resistant penicillin antibiotic used to treat bone and joint infections. It works by inhibiting cell wall synthesis in bacteria, disrupting the cell wall and causing cell lysis and death. Common side effects are rare. Nursing considerations include performing skin testing prior to administration to prevent anaphylactic shock, slowly administering the IV drug to prevent phlebitis, explaining the treatment duration to the patient, and monitoring for signs of infection resolution or worsening.

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MECHANISM OF INDICATION CONTRAINDICATI COMMON SIDE NURSING

ACTION ONS EFFECTS CONSIDERATIONS


used to treat Not No common side Perform skin testing
Generic name Penicillins inhibit bone/joint contraindicated to effects noted to before giving the
Cloxacillin cell wall synthesis infection patient patient medication. To
or activate prevent anaphylactic
Brand name enzymes, which Rationale: shock when
Cloxapen disrupt cell wall, Cloxacillin is administered
causing a used to treat a
Classification: weakening in the wide variety of Administer drug
Antibiotic Class: cell wall, cell bacterial slowly to the IV line.
Penicillin lysis, and cell infections The drug is very
(penicillinase- death. May be irritating to the tissue
resistant penicillin) bacteriostatic or Exhibits good andblood vessels.
bactericidal. Most activity against Injecting slowly the
Antimicrobial effective against Staphylococcus drug prevents
Spectrum: rapidly dividing aureus phlebitis
Staphylococcus cells
spp., Streptococcal Explain to the patient
spp that antibiotic
therapy lastsfor 7
Dosage days will take the
Not indicated drug without any
miss.
Frequency
Not indicated Make sure that the
patient takes the
Route drug at thesame time
IV of the day. And also
to prevent
thembeing drug
resistant

Provide rest and


comfort

Assess WBC results,


temperature, pulse,
respiration

Monitor
temperature, lab
results, particularly
WBC and
culture/sensitivity
reports

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