Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Vancocin as follows:
- Compliance with blood work ordered to monitor serum potassium and magnesium ions is mandatory, as Vancocin in individuals with disturbances in serum potassium and magnesium ions can induce life-threatening cardiac arrest.
- Evenly space out the doses of the antibiotic and take the dose at the scheduled time every day. Keeping to the schedule helps with maintaining a constant level of the antibiotic in the body, which is needed for infection control. Also, this helps to avoid forgetting the medication.
- Noncompliance with Vancocin intake for the complete schedule can result in ineffective infection control with chance of relapse of infection with increased vigor. This can also contribute towards emergence of drug resistant strains of bacteria, making infection control more difficult.
- Do not change the dose on Vancocin without consulting your doctor.
