Chapter 26. Drugs Used in Treating Eye and Ear Disorders
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The Centers for Disease Control recommends all newborn infants receive prophylactic
administration of within 1 hour of birth.
1. Gentamicin ophthalmic ointment
2. Ciprofloxacin ophthalmic drops
3. Erythromycin oral suspension
4. Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment
2. Conjunctivitis in a child that is accompanied by acute otitis media is treated with:
1. Sulfacetamide 10% ophthalmic solution (Bleph-10)
2. Bacitracin/polymyxin B (Polysporin) ophthalmic drops
3. Ciprofloxacin (Ciloxan) ophthalmic drops
4. High-dose oral amoxicillin
3. Twenty-year-old Annie comes to the clinic complaining of copious yellow-green eye discharge.
Gram stain indicates she most likely has gonococcal conjunctivitis. While awaiting the culture
results, the plan of care should be:
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The Centers for Disease Control recommends all newborn infants receive prophylactic
administration of within 1 hour of birth.
1. Gentamicin ophthalmic ointment
2. Ciprofloxacin ophthalmic drops
3. Erythromycin oral suspension
4. Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment
2. Conjunctivitis in a child that is accompanied by acute otitis media is treated with:
1. Sulfacetamide 10% ophthalmic solution (Bleph-10)
2. Bacitracin/polymyxin B (Polysporin) ophthalmic drops
3. Ciprofloxacin (Ciloxan) ophthalmic drops
4. High-dose oral amoxicillin
3. Twenty-year-old Annie comes to the clinic complaining of copious yellow-green eye discharge.
Gram stain indicates she most likely has gonococcal conjunctivitis. While awaiting the culture
results, the plan of care should be:
