Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Rocephin as follows:
- Rocephin intake can increase the risk for skin rash and photosensitivity. Individuals with history of photosensitivity and taking Rocephin should avoid natural and bright lights or use sunscreens, to prevent any photosensitive responses from developing.
- Do not change the dose on Rocephin without consulting your doctor.
- Avoid administering IV Rocephin along with any IV fluids rich in calcium, such as, ringer’s lactate and parenteral nutrition. Administering them together can compromise the therapeutic effects of the antibiotic. Space the antibiotic out by at least 2 hours from these products to avoid this complication.
- Watch out for any continuing or worsening signs and symptoms of infection, to report to your doctor immediately, so that, a change in plan could be considered.
- Noncompliance with Rocephin 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.
