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Avoiding admission and facilitating early discharge through OPAT

British Journal of Nursing, 2014
Fifteen years ago, only a small minority of hospital inpatients were considered suitable for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) services ( Wiselka and Nicholson, 1997 ). Now, almost 70% of those treated with intravenous (IV) antibiotics as hospital inpatients are considered suitable ( Hitchcock et al, 2009 ).
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The Irish national OPAT programme: A decade of data and insights

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of ten years of data from the Irish National Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) registry. Initiated in 2013, the Irish OPAT programme is a centralised model which collates data from all referrals to the National OPAT programme.
P, Reidy, E, Sweeney, F, O'Connor, E G, Muldoon   +3 more
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Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Treatment (OPAT)

2019
Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is the provision of intravenous (IV) antibiotics to patients in the community or an ambulatory care setting. It was first used to treat children with cystic fibrosis in the 1970s but did not become part of adult services in the UK until the 1990s.
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Making a case for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Abstract In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its negative impact on both acute and elective care and decline in available inpatient resources, there is an imperative to maximize safe and effective alternatives to inpatient hospital care.
R A Seaton, M Gilchrist
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OPAT for avoidance of hospitalisation in children

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2019
Nathan M, Krah, Adam L, Hersh
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[Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT)].

Casopis lekaru ceskych, 2017
Traditionally, parenteral (i. e. intravenous) antimicrobial therapy has been used in inpatients with various bacterial infections. In recent decades there has been growing experience with outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, mainly in the USA and western Europe.
Marek, Štefan, Michal, Holub
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Reply to S. Opat et al

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2017
Jennifer R, Brown, Neil E, Kay
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OPAT Poster 2017: Management of bacterial CNS infections through OPAT

2017
Thorburn, Fiona, Vallance, Clare, Seaton, Andrew   +2 more
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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT): is it safe for selected patients to self-administer at home? A retrospective analysis of a large cohort over 13 years

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2007
Bridget L Atkins, Philippa Clare Matthews, Anthony R Berendt   +2 more
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Efficacy and safety of a Belgian tertiary care outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) program

Infection, 2020
Isabel Spriet, Katrien Lagrou, Paul De Munter   +2 more
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