Gentamicin and Vancomycin: Reducing Patient Risk

• Gentamicin: 
  • Access the gentamicin calculator on the Right Decisions Service. The back up gentamicin calculator can be located on the AthenA Antimicrobials page here (link only active if accessing via NHS network).
  • See the guidelines for use of IV Gentamicin.
  • See the 'IV Gentamicin Review after 72 hours of Treatment' algorithm (N.B. links within the document are only active if accessing via NHS network).
  • See the Gentamicin section of the FAQs document (N.B. links within the document are only active if accessing via NHS network).
• Vancomycin: 
  • Access the vancomycin calculator on the Right Decisions Service. The back up vancomycin calculator can be located on the AthenA Antimicrobials page here (link only active if accessing via NHS network).
  • Pulsed IV Infusion: see the Vancomycin Intermittent (Pulsed) IV Infusion dosing guidance.
  • Continuous IV Infusion: see the Vancomycin Continuous IV infusion dosing guidance.
  • See the Vancomycin section of the FAQs document (N.B. links within the document are only active if accessing via NHS network).