Share Best Practices for Infusing Beta-Lactams

November 2023

Questions are coming up about using prolonged infusions of beta-lactam doses...due to new international consensus recommendations.

Think of prolonged infusions as those that are extended over 3 to 4 hours...or given continuously over 24 hours...rather than the standard 30 to 60 minutes.

The goal is to keep drug concentrations above the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) longer...since data suggest better killing compared to standard infusions for time-dependent agents.

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