Kampibiotic Dosage/Direction for Use

Usual adult dosage (including elderly patients): Septicaemia, endocarditis, osteomyelitis: 500 mg four to six times a day IM or IV for one to six weeks.
Peritonitis, intra-abdominal sepsis: 500 mg four times a day IM or IV.
Meningitis: Adult dosage: 2 g six-hourly IV.
Children's dosage: 150 mg/kg daily IV in divided doses. Ampicillin may also be administered by other routes of conjunction with systemic therapy.
Intraperitoneal: 500 mg daily in up to 10 ml Water for Injections BP.
Intrapleural: 500 mg daily in 5-10 ml water for Injections BP.
Intra-articular: 500 mg daily, in up to 5 ml Water for Injections BP or sterile 0.5% procaine hydrochloride solution.
Local use in abdominal surgery: 1 g sterile powder sprinkled into the wound extraperitoneally or into muscle layers to prevent wound infection post-operatively.
Usual children's dosage (under 10 years): Half adult routine dosage.
All recommended dosages are a guide only. In severe infections, previously mentioned dosages may be increased.
Renal Impairment: In the presence of severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance <10 ml/min) a reduction in dose or extension of dose interval should be considered. In cases of dialysis, an additional dose should be administered after the procedure.
Administration: Intramuscular: Add 1.5 ml Water for Injections BP to 500 mg vial contents.
Intravenous: Dissolve 500 mg in 10 ml Water for Injections BP. Administer by slow injection (three to four minutes). Ampicillin may also be added to infusion fluids or injected, suitably diluted, into the drip tube over a period of three to four minutes.