CARBAPENEM FORMULARY CONVERSION
Treatment of confirmed or recent infection
with Acinetobacter or Pseudomonas with MIC > 2. Each dose is to be infused over 3 hrs.
CrCl > 50 ml/min
= 1 gm IV Q 8 hrs
CrCl 26 – 50 ml/min
= 1 gm IV Q 12 hrs
CrCl 10 – 25 ml/min = 500 mg IV
Q 12 hrs
CrCl < 10 ml/min
= 500 mg IV daily
Hemodialysis = 500 mg IV
daily – given after HD on dialysis days.
CRRT = 1 gm IV Q 12
hrs
All other diagnoses. Each dose is to be infused over 30 mins.
CrCl > 50 ml/min
= 500 mg IV Q 6 hrs
CrCl 26 – 49 ml/min = 500 mg IV Q 8
hrs
CrCl 10 – 25 ml/min = 500 mg IV Q 12
hrs
CrCl < 10 ml/min
= 500 mg IV daily
Hemodialysis = 500 mg IV
daily – given after HD on dialysis days.
CRRT = 500 mg IV Q 8
hrs