IV to PO Conversion
Procedure

Procedure

First Steps

Identify patients (12 years or older) with active infections who are receiving targeted antimicrobials as outlined below

Antimicrobials available in both IV and PO formulations AND the oral formulation has excellent (greater than 80%) oral bioavailability:

  • Azithromycin
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Clindamycin
  • Fluconazole
  • LevoFLOXacin
  • Linezolid
  • MetroNIDAZOLE
  • Moxifloxacin

IV antimicrobials with oral analogues that attain lower AUC, and/or possess a slightly narrower spectrum of activity:

  • Ampicillin
  • CeFAZolin
  • CefTRIAXone (for pneumonia or acute exacerbation of COPD)
  • Cefuroxime