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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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Clinical Research In Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates, 2022 A clinical decision report using: Bhavan KP, Brown LS, Haley RW. Self-Administered Outpatient Antimicrobial Infusion by Uninsured Patients Discharged from a Safety-Net Hospital: A Propensity-Score-Balanced Retrospective Cohort Study. PLoS Med. 2015;12(12): e1001922.
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 Background: Outpatient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is managed by a variety of teams, but primarily through an infectious disease clinic. At our medical center, OPAT monitoring is performed telephonically by pharmacists through a collaborative practice ...
Taylor M. Epperson +7 more
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Risk factors for failure of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) in infective endocarditis [PDF]
, 2013 Objectives: To identify risk factors for failure of outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT) in infective endocarditis (IE). Patients and methods: We identified IE cases managed at a single centre over 12 years from a prospectively maintained database. ‘
Barr, D. A. +5 more
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022 We compared patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia enrolled in outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy monitoring program (OPAT-MP) upon hospital discharge with patients not enrolled.
Deborah A. Theodore +3 more
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P13 Every patient who could have OPAT, should have OPAT—the importance of data
JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2022 Abstract Background Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) has a clear role to play in optimizing antimicrobial stewardship and is listed as one of the Department of Health's five options for antimicrobial prescribing decision options to focus therapy.
Williams, Steph +5 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Objectives: We examined the safety and clinical outcomes of outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) for patients with infective endocarditis (IE) in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Patrick O. Campbell +5 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives To compare costs associated with different models of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) delivery with costs of inpatient (IP) care across key infection groups managed via OPAT in the UK.Design A cost-minimisation design was ...
Mark Gilchrist +2 more
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A qualitative study of patients’ feedback about Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) services in Northern England : implications for service improvement [PDF]
, 2018 Objective Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) provides opportunities for improved cost savings, but in the UK, implementation is patchy and a variety of service models are in use.
Czoski Murray, Carolyn J. +6 more
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PLoS Medicine, 2015 BackgroundOutpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is accepted as safe and effective for medically stable patients to complete intravenous (IV) antibiotics in an outpatient setting.
Kavita P Bhavan +2 more
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