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Clinical Infection in Practice, 2023 Background: Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is widely used to safely administer intravenous antibiotics in the outpatient setting. However, there are risks of treatment failure and clinical complications.
Sadia Shakoor
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Emphasizing the O in OPAT: A Pathway for Clinic-Initiated Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (CI-OPAT) at an Academic Center. [PDF]
Open Forum Infect DisAbstract Our infectious diseases (ID) clinic began a clinic-initiated outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (CI-OPAT) program to avoid unnecessary emergency department visits or inpatient admissions. In this single-center retrospective case series, we describe the treatment of 59 outpatients with CI-OPAT with low rates of ...
McDonough M +4 more
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PharmaceuticsObjectives: Piperacillin/tazobactam (P/T) is a broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotic frequently used in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy programs (OPAT). We aim to compare the clinical outcomes of P/T treatment in two models of OPAT care in order
Santiago J. Lora-Escobar +14 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 Background: Parkland Health is a 900-bed safety-net hospital that serves Dallas County, Texas. It has an OPAT program in which patients are managed via self-administration (S-OPAT), home-health/hemodialysis (H-OPAT), and skilled nursing facilities (SNF ...
Rory Bouzigard +6 more
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Evaluating Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Clinic for Pediatric Infectious Conditions: Insights From Alberta Children's Hospital. [PDF]
Can J Infect Dis Med MicrobiolBackground The Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Clinic at the Alberta Children’s Hospital (ACH) offers a vital service, enabling stable pediatric patients to receive intravenous (IV) antimicrobial therapy on an outpatient basis.
Alsharrah D, Jadavji T.
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Antibiotics, 2022 This nationwide study assessed how outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is organised by Dutch acute care hospitals, the barriers experienced, and how an OPAT program affects the way hospitals organised OPAT care. We systematically developed
Hester H. Stoorvogel +6 more
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Facilitating OPAT in rural areas
Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023 A sizable portion of the United States’ population lives in a rural setting. Coupled with a limited number of infectious diseases providers, this has created a need for innovative practice models to deliver outpatient antimicrobial therapy and clinical monitoring in rural settings.
Meera Mehta +3 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022 Objectives: To define outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) clinical pharmacy practice across the United States, specifically pharmacist functions, design of pharmacist involvement, and to compare pharmacist training of those who practice in
Christina G. Rivera +3 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 Objective: To determine whether a structured OPAT program supervised by an infectious disease physician and led by an OPAT nurse decreased hospital readmission rates and OPAT-related complications and whether it affected clinical cure.
Gaurav Agnihotri +9 more
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An outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) map to identify risks associated with an OPAT service [PDF]
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2008 Administering parenteral antibiotics outside the confines of a ward setting is becoming an attractive way of treating infections in the UK. However, as well as having many advantages, an outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) service potentially introduces new risks to staff and patients involved. In the United States, healthcare organizations
Gilchrist, Mark +2 more
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