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Comparing Self-Administered Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (S-OPAT) with Alternative Delivery Models: Risk Factors for Treatment Failure and Complications in a UK Cohort [PDF]

Pathogens
Self-administered outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (S-OPAT) is an increasingly recognised antimicrobial delivery model, yet comparative evidence on its safety and effectiveness remains limited.
Oyewole Christopher Durojaiye, Charlotte Fiori, Kamille Jaff Maulion, Evangelos I. Kritsotakis   +3 more
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Multicentre insights into OPAT: a comprehensive analysis of Türkiye’s unstructured system [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background/Objective Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is a well-established, cost-effective treatment modality delivered through structured, multidisciplinary programs worldwide.
Elif Agüloğlu Bali, Belgin Coskun, Halime Araz, Yakup Gezer, Arzu Tarakçı, Feyza Nur Akçin Balan, Lütfiye Nilsun Altunal, Barış Manavlı, Petek Konya, Cihan Semet, Sevda Özdemir Al, Elif Yılmaz İlmin, Çiğdem Mermutluoğlu, Ayşe Şenbaba Kara, Melike Nur Özçelik, Neşe Saltoğlu, Gözde Dalgan, Uğur Önal, Ahmet Doğan, Meryem Sena Toker, Mehmet Çelik, Duygu Çerçioğlu Özdemir, Sibel Karabulut, Süleyman Koç, Yasemin Çakır Kıymaz, Özge Eren Korkmaz, Hacer Demirköse, Büşra Tanır, Eda Alp   +28 more
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Cyanoboletus pulverulentus (Opat.) Gelardi, Vizzini & Simonini

University of Gothenburg
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Unpacking OPAT Risk: Factors Associated with Adverse Clinical Outcomes in an Academic OPAT Program [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Introduction: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) allows patients to receive intravenous antibiotics safely outside the hospital and is an important strategy to reduce inpatient hospital stays, healthcare costs, and exposure to nosocomial ...
Maureen Belizaire, HeeEun Kang, Nina Clark   +2 more
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Characteristics of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) delivery within Veterans Affairs Medical Centers [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is a common approach to treating complex infections, offering benefits of higher patient satisfaction, reduced risk of hospital-acquired infections, and lower healthcare costs.
Manon Nitta, Danielle Helminski, Elizabeth Scruggs-Wodkowski, Sara Keller, Ronald Kendall, Amanda Blok, Lauren Gauntlett, Nicholas Henry, Allison Ranusch, Milisa Manojlovich, Molly Harrod, Sarah Krein   +11 more
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Predictors of adverse safety events and unscheduled care among an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) patient cohort

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023
Background: Select circumstances require outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT). The potency of OPAT agents presents an increased risk of adverse events and unscheduled medical care. We analyzed these outcomes among OPAT recipients as part of
Michael D. Evans, Elizabeth Hirsch, Alison Galdys   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Management of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy: a United States-based multi-center survey [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Objective: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) programs continue to evolve with increases in multidisciplinary teams, complex oral antibiotics, long-acting injectable antimicrobials, patients with substance use disorder (SUD) and ...
Laila M. Castellino, Christina G. Rivera, Susan E. Beekmann, Philip M. Polgreen, Monica M. Mahoney, Sara C. Keller   +5 more
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A full review of online OPAT educational resources for patients and healthcare professionals in the grey literature revealing resource gaps. [PDF]

JAC Antimicrob Resist
Watson C, Spencer-Jones J, Heard K, Jenkins A, Gauthier TP, Rogers BA, Nor ANM, Sime FB, Gilchrist M.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Qualitative Review of Patient Feedback for the OPAT (Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy) Service in Bristol

Antibiotics
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) aims to deliver intravenous antimicrobials to medically stable patients with complex infections outside of a hospital setting. There is good evidence to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of OPAT in the
Shuchita Soni, Irasha Harding, Carys Jones, Sue Wade, Jenna Norton, Jennifer Siobhan Pollock   +5 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Pharmacists in OPAT: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

J Antimicrob Chemother
Elmasry Y, Wong K, Jones S, Mitchell A, Jones M.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources