Hospital visiting guidelines updated 20 July 2022: Hospital visitors must wear a surgical/medical paper mask. Fabric face coverings are no longer acceptable. See our COVID-19 pages for detailed information about hospital visiting guidelines, COVID-19 tests and care in the community advice. See www.vaccinatecanterburywestcoast.nz for information about vaccinations.
We are at ORANGE according to the NZ COVID-19 Protection Framework
Last updated:
9th April 2022
Kia whakahaumaru te whānau, me ngā iwi katoa – this is to keep everybody safe:
By sticking to the rules above, you help keep our patients, staff, other visitors and yourself safe. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as our staff work hard to protect and care for some of the most vulnerable in our community.
Exceptions to the ‘one visitor’ policy
Visiting patients with COVID-19
You must NOT visit the hospital if you
Exceptions for people with disabilities
An exception will be made for people with disabilities who are in hospital or have to attend an outpatient appointment – where they need a support person to access health services. For example, a sign language interpreter, support person for someone with a learning disability, or someone to assist with mobility. The support person is in addition to the one permitted visitor.
Everyone visiting our facilities must wear a mask, no exceptions
While we appreciate that some people have legitimate reasons for being exempt from wearing a mask and may even have an official card to confirm this, people who cannot or will not wear a mask cannot visit someone in hospital or attend hospital, other than to access healthcare. This is another measure to minimise the risk to vulnerable patients.
Patients and visitors should also read the additional more detailed visiting guidelines for each specific hospital.
More COVID-19 information
Core Biochemistry
GENT
3 hours
4705
4.5
1
Specimen Collection Protocols:
Trough Level; 6-20 hours, depending on dose and renal function
Peak Level; draw 30 minutes after end of IV infusion.
Give dose details, dose time, dose interval, collection time and time over which infusion is give.
Paediatric Specimen 600 uL lithium heparin microtainer
Chilled (2 - 8 degrees Celsius)
If overnight - Chilled (2 - 8 degrees Celsius)
Samples stable up to 7 days fridge, otherwise frozen for 14 days.
Once daily dosing is recommended using a target area under the concentration (AUC) curve. Contact the Ward Pharmicist, or the Drug Information Service (03 3640900) for dose adjustment.
Aminoglycoside clearance is reduced with renal impairement.
Trough: <0.5 mg/L
AUC: 70-100 mg/L/hr
Homogenous competition based immunoassay performed on the Beckman Coulter AU5822 analyser using Beckman Coulter reagents.
$20.49 (Exclusive of GST)
4705
Samples containing Carbenicillin or piperacillin should be stored frozen if a delay in analysis of more than 8 hours is anticipated to avoid falsely low gentamicin results due to in vitro inactivation.
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