Drug reference
APROKAM ® INTRACAMERAL INJECTION Prophylaxis of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery ▶BY INTRACAMERAL INJECTION ▶Adult: 1 mg, dose to be injected into the anterior chamber of the eye at the end of cataract surgery
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APROKAM ® INTRACAMERAL INJECTION ▶With intracameral use Combined operations with cataract surgery. complicated cataracts. reduced corneal endothelial cells (less than 2000). severe risk of infection. severe thyroid disease
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For choice of antibacterial therapy, see Eye, infections p. 1234.
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APROKAM ® INTRACAMERAL INJECTION Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) decisions ▶With intracameral use The Scottish Medicines Consortium has advised (December 2016) that cefuroxime (Aprokam ®) is accepted for use within NHS Scotland for antibiotic prophylaxis of postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG) decisions ▶With intracameral use The All Wales Medicines Strategy Group has advised (August 2017) that cefuroxime (Aprokam ®) is recommended as an option for use within NHS Wales for the antibiotic prophylaxis of postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery.
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→Appendix 1: cephalosporins
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Not known to be harmful.
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Present in milk in low concentration, but appropriate to use.
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Powder for solution for injection ▶Aprokam (Thea Pharmaceuticals Ltd) Cefuroxime (as Cefuroxime sodium) 50 mg Aprokam 50mg powder for solution for injection vials | 10 vial P £49.95 ANTIBACTERIALS › MACROLIDES eiiii F 565
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1 mg, dose to be injected into the anterior
First-line fragment. Read the complete Indications and Dose section above.
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