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Unit-II Anti-microbial Drugs
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb
BSN, MSPH, MSN
Lecturer-INS/KMU
Objectives
By the end the unit students will be able to:
•Discuss and review common terms and concepts related to antimicrobial therapy.•Discuss general principles and consideration related to antimicrobial therapy.•Discuss mechanism of action and indication of using antimicrobial therapy.•State appropriate nursing implications for a client receiving antimicrobial drugs.•Calculate the drug dosage for oral and parental antimicrobial drugs.
Antimicrobial therapy •An antimicrobial therapy kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, or protozoans.•Therapies that kill microorganisms are called microbiocidal therapies •and therapies that only inhibit the growth of microorganisms are called microbiostatic therapies.
Antimicrobial therapy •Empiric –Infecting organism(s) not yet identified –More “broad spectrum” •Definitive –Organism(s) identified and specific therapy chosen –More “narrow” spectrum •Prophylactic or preventive –Prevent an initial infection or its recurrence after infection
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