ORS- Oral Dehydration Salt Sachet

KSh 15.00

For prevention and treatment of dehydration from acute diarrhoea, cholera, etc.

  • sodium chloride 2.6
  • sodium:  75
  • glucose: 13.5
  • chloride: 65
  • potassium chloride: 1.5
  • trisodium citrate: 2.9
  • potassium: 20
  • citrate: 10
  • Total weight: 20.5
  • Total osmolarity:  245
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Description

ORS

Therapeutic action

– Prevention and treatment of dehydration from acute diarrhoea, cholera, etc.

Presentation

– Sachet of powder to be diluted in 1 litre of clean water.

– WHO formulation:

sodium chloride 2.6

sodium:  75

glucose: 13.5

chloride: 65

potassium chloride: 1.5

trisodium citrate: 2.9

potassium: 20

citrate: 10

Total weight: 20.5

Total osmolarity:  245

Dosage

– Prevention of dehydration (WHO – treatment plan A)

Child under 24 months: 50 to 100 ml after each loose stool (approximately 500 ml/day)

Child from 2 to 10 years: 100 to 200 ml after each loose stool (approximately 1000 ml/day)

Child over 10 years and adult: 200 to 400 ml after each loose stool (approximately 2000 ml/day)

If there are no signs of dehydration: follow

If there are signs of moderate dehydration: repeat

If there are signs of severe dehydration: start IV therapy (

Duration

– As long as diarrhoea and signs of dehydration persist.

Contra-indications, adverse effects, precautions

– If the eyelids become puffy during the treatment: stop ORS, give plain water then, resume ORS according to reatment plan A when the puffiness is gone.

– If case of vomiting, stop ORS for 10 min and then resume at a slower rate (very small, frequent,amounts); do not stop rehydration.

–Pregnancy: no contra-indication

–Breast-feeding: no contra-indication

Remarks

– A special ORS-formula, ReSoMal, is used under medical supervision, for severely malnourished children only. However, in malnourished children with cholera, standard ORS- formula is used instead of ReSoMal.

Storage

Do not use the powder if it has turned into a yellow-brownish sticky substance.

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